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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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PYVpe TIL 4000 British troops sacrificed themselves and distract the German advance long enough for the evacuation of Dunkirk to be a success.
dDX8r TIL the Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known in the U.S. for "God Bless America," is a double amputee who competed in track and field and equestrian at the 1984 and 1988 Paralympics, winning four gold medals. He's also a medical doctor specializing in orthopedics.
0w6gR TIL about the French Bread Law of 1993, which outlines specific rules for the sale of bread in France. Specifically, baguettes can not be frozen before sale and must be made fresh with no additives. It even specifies a maximum pH level and bacteria counts for sourdough starters.
KYd49 TIL that the bottom 50% of Americans have only grown their wealth by 65% in the past 30 years, whereas the 51st to 90th percentile grew by 137% and the top 10% grew by 240%.
wLKPJ TIL the Nazi greeting was so widespread in Germany by the mid-1930s that department store employees greeted customers with, "Heil Hitler, how may I help you?"