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TIL that in the history of Ireland’s inventions, there’s a 300-year gap after the invention of whiskey.

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W6rL TIL that Richard Mansfield, one of the first actors to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was so good at acting a psychopath that he became a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, was reported to the police and had his career decline afterwards from suspicion.
1aBY4 TIL that between North and South Korea lies 155 miles of no man’s land where hundreds of rare animals species thrive.
e9Z5 TIL Cows sometimes hide their calves from the farmer, they remember that previous ones were taken away.
jkMR TIL The world’s first theater devoted exclusively to moving pictures appeared in Pittsburgh in 1905. Its founders called the place Nickelodeon, from the price of admission (a nickel) and “Odeon” the ancient Greek word for theatre.
wLx0P TIL that dogs can suffer from narcolepsy, and that eating can be tricky for them because their excitement over food will trigger attacks.