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TIL sphynx cats were developed from cats with genetic mutations after 1960s

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Wk1dL TIL the reason coffee and tea were originally served on saucers was so you could pour the hot drink into the saucer, thus cooling it faster, and drink from it. This practice was used as a metaphor by G. Washington to T. Jefferson for why the US has a Senate.
7r4Bp TIL that in 1966, the Procrastinators Club held a demonstration in Philadelphia to protest the War of 1812
Y7XP7 TIL In 1695 Henry Every became the target of the first world-wide manhunt. Every and his crew raided the Mughal's Grand fleet, stealing the equivalent to £97.1 million in 2022, and almost started a war with the English's East Indian Company and Mughal Empire. What became of Every is unknown.
Y7vWA TIL Ibex can climb near-vertical surfaces with ease
oRBmE TIL in 1996 a woman going through heroin withdrawal crushed up a black widow spider and injected it