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TIL ‘sacred’ cats in Ancient Egypt were routinely drowned as kittens or had their spines broken to be used as sacrifices and agricultural fertilizer

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PYp8Z TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman did not want his children to be "trust fund babies" so he did not create a trust. This resulted in a $12 million estate tax bill that he could have avoided if he made a trust fund.
7rgor TIL An elephant's penis is not only 6 feet long, but prehensile. A male elephant can use his penis to swat flies, scratch his belly, to balance like a third leg, and even to grasp onto things. It even does all the work during intercourse.
ADoMo TIL that Dora the Explorer aired its final episode on August 9, 2019, the same day that the live action film was released in theaters
vP8xr TIL in 2000 Alabama became the last state to repeal its law against interracial marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned state bans on interracial marriage in 1967.
QJZx9 TIL Brazil suffered from Hyperinflation in the 1980s-1990s