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TIL many animal shelters do not allow adoption of black cats in October to protect the cats from being sacrificed or tortured.

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Wj54 TIL Pound Cake gets its name because there is exactly 1 pound of each ingredient
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PBeV TIL that during the Great Depression of the 1930s, flour manufacturers saw women turning their flour sacks into clothing, diapers, dish cloths, and more, so they started packing their flour in pretty patterns.
dD7KB TIL; The Beatles never learned how to read music.
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