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TIL that the Tom and Jerry Christmas special “The Night Before Christmas” was released a day before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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yQbPJ TIL that after the Siege of Weinsberg, a surrender was negotiate in which the women were allowed to leave with whatever they could lift on their shoulders. Instead of carrying their belongings, the women lifted their husbands on their shoulders and headed out of town.
9YdgD TIL there was a cat shot for treason in WW1 because it went back and forth between the German and French trenches carrying friendly notes after the Christmas armistice
Vyp TIL that getting angry at someone when youre listening to them eating or breathing is called Misophonia, and its a brain disorder
Ampx TIL due to centuries of inbreeding Charles II of Spain was physically and mentally disabled and infertile. Due to the deaths of his half brothers, he was the last member of the male Spanish Habsburg line. He didn’t learn to walk until eight. His jaw was deformed, he could barely speak or chew.
J1vRk TIL Ships will store and purposefully dump oil into the ocean to create calm seas around them, called storm oil