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TIL that goats have rectangular pupils

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6Lbl TIL: The New Zealand government agreed to remove the right of workers to organise trade unions in the film production industry, and to give money to big budget films made in New Zealand in return for Warner Bros making The Hobbit films in New Zealand.
ydvJ TIL Katharine Lee Bates, author of ‘America the Beautiful’ was a lesbian who left the Republican party in 1924 over its growing xenophobia
OojnY TIL of The American Service-Members' Protection Act, AKA "The Hague Invasion Act"
xNR5 TIL When Winston Churchill moved into 10 Downing Street his cat Nelson kicked out the previous Prime Minister’s cat, Munich, out of the house.
O0ga TIL the Eiffel Tower was originally planned to be demolished in 1909, but was saved because it was repurposed as a giant radio antenna. And in 1913, the tower transmitted a signal all the way to Washington DC.