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TiL that Pablo Fanque, a figure name-checked in the Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", was the first recorded Black circus owner in Britain.

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R71NQ TIL Israel and the United States withdrew membership from UNESCO in 2018, claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.
J1AQm TIL that France sent the first cat into space in 1963. Félicette was a stray cat from the streets of Paris and was one of 14 cats trained for spaceflight. She survived her trip but was euthanised 2 months later.
yjBe TIL early humans literally ran their prey to death
oBOV7 TIL in 2016, a 14-year-old male masturbated with an entire 60-gram tube of BENGAY® and got salicylate poisoning as the product contains methylsalicylate (which is broken down to salicylic acid in the body) and scrotal skin can absorb certain substances up to 40 times better than other skin regions
o8bL TIL white people have their own history of slavery by the Ottoman empire up until the 19th century.