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TIL both parents on Shaun King's birth certificate are white, but he claims to be biracial saying his real father is a black man

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109W TIL in 2012 a stray cat entered the home of a blind dog called Terfel and became his seeing-eye guide. Confined to his basket so he didn’t bump into things, the cat sensed Terfel’s disability and began using his paws to gently lead him around the house; he even assisted for trips to the local park.
neL7G TIL that a plotter against Hitler survived the war because the Nazi judge in his show trial was crushed by a column, still clutching the man's files, when the courtroom was bombed in an air raid led by a Jewish-American pilot
5VBRQ TIL that the superstition of "knocking on wood" to avoid bad luck dates back to ancient Celtic tribes. They believed that spirits or gods lived in trees, and knocking on the tree would call on these spirits for protection.
KLYa TIL there is a form of edible wood.
1kgW TIL in 2008 a Russian politician’s speech was interrupted by a flying remote control dildo