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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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6Odw TIL Planning permission in London was refused for a building. The requester asked to put a tank there instead. Permission was granted for a “septic tank”. Man puts a T34 tank there, points the gun at the council offices, and leaves it there for 21 years.
R7eWl TIL about Charles Poland, a school bus driver who literally died trying to protect the students on his bus from a violent kidnapper.
AxYd TIL People getting paid to spread propaganda through comments is a widespread thing.
695V8 TIL that anxiety and depression can cause physical pain
E1pld TIL that the name for Russia comes from the Finnish word "Rus" which means Swede (as in "a person from Sweden"). Russians originate from Varangians (type of Vikings) originating from Sweden who later became slavicized.