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VMmO8 TIL Research shows that cats may reflect the personality of their owner, in the same way a parent's personality can affect their child. There is some evidence of similar personality traits of owners in cats.
eYZE TIL in his will, businessman Cecil Rhodes (namesake of the Rhodes scholarship) left money for the creation of a secret society whose purpose was to bring the entire world under British rule
6pQQ TIL: One of the very few surviving ships from the 1944 D-Day invasion is still in service as a car ferry in Connecticut
E1N0P TIL: Mara Wilson in Matilda was embarrassed about dancing on her own during the cereal scene, so Danny DeVito made everyone in the studio dance with her when filming.
JpQQ TIL a man hand built a Lamborghini Countach replica in his basement and had to dig it out through his foundation to drive it.