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Today I learned about the Scottish Fold, a breed of cats who have a mutation that cause their ears to be folded

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kJ8ng TIL - the oldest cat ever recorded was Creme Puff according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records. She died aged 38 years and 3 days.
OGDLX TIL actor Andrew Garfield bagged The Amazing Spider-Man role due to an unreleased scene of him eating a cheeseburger and telling Gwen Stacy to calm down. The way he ate the food was described by the film’s director Marc Webb as something “I just hadn’t seen before” and that it worked.
QNxjd TIL that Beethoven originally dedicated the Symphony No 3 to Napoleon Bonaparte. However Beethoven withdrew the dedication upon learning that Napoleon crowned himself Emperor.
oBgKW TIL about Ol' Rip the Horned Toad. In 1897, a horned lizard was placed in a time capsule located in the Courthouse of Eastland, Texas along with other memorabilia. When the Courthouse was torn down 31 years later, the capsule was opened and Ol' Rip supposedly came back alive. He became a celebrity.
BDee TIL Bruce Lee had an epic private fight against a 24 year old Shaolin Grand Master in 1964 San Francisco. After the outcome of the fight was disputed, the Grand Master challenged Lee to a public fight, to which the easily provocated Lee never accepted. [Wiki source]