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TIL that ancient egyptians once lost a battle because the enemy used cats against them. Egyptians, believing cats to be sacred, refused to hurt the animals.

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yQX0X TIL congenital deafness in cats is seen almost exclusively in white cats. In addition, if a white cat has two blue eyes, it is 3-5 times more likely to be deaf. Cats with one blue eye are twice as likely to be deaf.
gMme8 TIL in 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital because it was the midpoint between Toronto & Montreal thus a political compromise between English speaking & French speaking Canada
kJVPB TIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.
nErY TIL Christian Bale turned down the role of James Bond, saying “I’ve already played a serial killer.”
ZpyoY TIL radioactive powder from a stolen radiotherapy unit was spread throughout a town in Brazil in 1987 as people were fascinated by its blue glow. They spread the dust in their homes showing it to family and friends, a 6 year old girl ingested some of it. 112,000 people were tested for contamination.