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TIL there is an island in japan that is “ruled by cats”

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L9QZ TIL art was part of the summer olympics between 1912 to 1948. Medals were given for architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
a8wA TIL that in 1994, when the Northridge earthquake knocked out the power in LA, people contacted authorities and observatories wondering what the strange bright lights (stars) in the sky were.
j6Ara TIL of Roger Marie Bricoux, one of the musicians on the Titanic. All band members died on the ship; however, he wasn't declared dead until 2000, and the French army considered him a deserter in World War I.
grwLL TIL that the subcontinent of India once moved over the surface of the Earth twice as fast as any other landmass
DQaYe TIL A 30 year old woman in Nazi occupied Norway was struck by shrapnel and developed a strong German accent causing her to be shunned in the first recorded case of Foreign Accent Syndrome.