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TIL That Actor Christopher Lee, Witnessed the Last Public Guillotine Execution in France.

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5YPWQ TIL of "Cat Pawsitive," a program which encourages cat shelters to teach orphan cats to do a "high-five" with humans, making cats more attractive for adoption. Over 400 cats who participated were adopted during the first two semesters of the program.
KkpE TIL that we say “red heads” instead of a more appropriate “orange heads” because we needed a word to describe redheads before we needed a word for the uncommon color of orange.
WL58 TIL that no scientific experiment has ever been done (or could be done) to prove that time exists.
Egm0d TIL that British actress Naomi Watt's father Peter Watts was a sound engineer who worked with Pink Floyd.He can be heard on the track "Brain Damage",where he contributed the repeated laughter
7r6YM TIL about Disco Demolition Night. In the Late 70s the White Sox hired a shock-jock, anti-disco campaigner to promote an event where fans were urged to bring in disco records for discounted ticket priced. These records were collected and then blown up. The even ended with riot police dispersal.