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TIL that Quentin Tarantino appears as an Elvis impersonator in the Golden Girls episode "Sophia's Wedding: Part 1" 4 years before the release of his first film

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vWE4 TIL the US tried to make cat guided bombs during WWII to hit enemy ships. The hope was that the cat would see the ship as “dry land” and steer the bomb to the target, in an effort to avoid getting wet. The project was abandoned because the cats would lose consciousness in the low G conditions.
OoMWg TIL when world champion boxer Joe Louis voluntarily joined the U.S. Army in 1942 he was asked about his decision to enter the (then) racially segregated organisation, he replied: "Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them."
5Ybgp TIL that Canadians can opt-out of receiving advertising mail entirely.
E1XLw TIL that not only do chimps self-medicate, but they also medicate / treat the wounds of other chimps in their community - an act previously thought to be unique to humans
wLnDP TIL the third wife of emperor Claudius, Messalina, was so bold that she publicly married another man while Claudius was out of Rome, apparently in a coup attempt against the emperor. Claudius was informed and found his family's heirlooms in the new husband's home. The pair were predictably executed