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TIL that fortune telling is a class b misdemeanor in NY state (but is allowed for entertainment purposes only, rather than claiming it is the truth)

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mxYxp TIL 'The Lost Generation' is a sad poem about society that ends with "all this will come true unless we choose to reverse it." If you read it backwards, each line has an opposite meaning, and it becomes happy.
oB5W7 TIL that most cats are lactose intolerant so giving them cow's milk can actually cause significant health issues
JXl8 TIL that there are legless lizards that are basically lizards without limbs, but not snakes.
VMpkB TIL a Disney Cruise worker vanished from a cruise. She was seen looking distraught on camera then vanished. Disney were uncooperative & claimed she fell overboard despite the fact there was no bad weather & she was last seen in the opposite end of the ship to where they claimed she fell.
NX4Oe TIL Richard Wagner fled to Zurich between 1849 and 1858, due to his involvement in the May uprising in Dresden. Zurich changed Wagner from being an employed conductor and composer to becoming a freelance composer and writer, which was a new concept