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TIL the Wizard of Oz Munchkins were drunken sex maniacs

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5YPWQ TIL of "Cat Pawsitive," a program which encourages cat shelters to teach orphan cats to do a "high-five" with humans, making cats more attractive for adoption. Over 400 cats who participated were adopted during the first two semesters of the program.
Wk9Dd TIL that the Library of Alexandria was never burned down or destroyed; instead it slowly deteriorated due to the purging of intellectuals from Alexandria as well as a lack of funding and support.
EgJN0 TIL that nuts and bolts weren't always standardised, but once were all individual.
a87y0 TIL that the Hope Diamond, was mailed to the Smithsonian in a $2.33 envelope, in normal first class US Mail without delivery confirmation.
WkNOB TIL Wagner-Jauregg (1927) managed to cure syphilis by infecting the patient with malaria. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.