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TIL cats and dogs produce vitamin D in their fur and need to swallow their fur to ingest it

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P18mE TIL of Solomon Islander Jacob C. Vouza. During WW2, he was captured by the Japanese during the Guadalcanal Campaign, tied to a tree, bayoneted, and left for dead. He then chewed through the ropes with his teeth and made his way to American lines warning them about an impending attack. He survived.
AZJa TIL Pluto will complete its first full orbit since its discovery on Monday, March 23, 2178.
kJYn4 Til that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded her Christmas hit 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree'
7808b TIL that before being ordained as a Catholic priest in 1969, Pope Francis worked as a bouncer, a janitor, and a technician in a food science laboratory.
v10NL TIL that the tradition of brides wearing white at their weddings started with Queen Victoria in 1840