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TIL guinea pigs and hampsters aren’t the same animal
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TIL that American rockets are often equipped with a self-destruct system to protect people if the vehicle goes off course. Since 1958, 33 US orbital launch attempts have ended by self-destruction.
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TIL about the Eight Immortals, members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the late 20th century. Their descendants possess extensive wealth, outrank and possess greater prestige than most party officials due to their lineage, and can overrule most party decisions.
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TIL Cats do not need to blink on a regular basis to keep their eyes lubricated. Unblinking eyes are probably an advantage when hunting. Cats will, however, squint their eyes, usually as a form of communication expressing affection and ease around another cat or human.
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TIL that a New York cinema owner at the time of The Titanic disaster, tried to trick his customers with footage of Titanic launching and pretended it was footage of the actual sinking. He was beaten up on a number of occasions for this.
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TIL that people with German ethnicity were expelled from eastern Europe the years after WW2. Approximately 12 million people were forcefully transferred, with between 500,000 to 2 million dying in the process. This event have been called a democide, or even a genocide, by some historians.