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TIL The domestic cat is a revered animal in Islam. Admired for its cleanliness as well as for being loved by Prophet Muhammad. He reported to have said that “a love of cats is an aspect of faith.

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Wk6vN TIL that the Ecce Homo painting which was turned into the "Potato Jesus" meme after a failed restoration has increased tourism in that area, and the funds go towards the church owned nursing home and the "art restorer's" son who suffers from cerebral palsy.
j6x8M TIL: The first thing Bob Barker gave away on The Price is Right was a Muskrat Fur Coat. It cost $595
eGaL TIL that only 3 of the 4 iconic smokestacks on the Titanic worked, the 4th was for aesthetic reasons and also to make the ship look more impressive.
R5V88 TIL the first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia took place on October 16, 1846, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Morton administered ether to a patient undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his neck, rendering the patient unconscious and insensitive to pain.
lWM1 TIL that the US Department of Education made around 51 Billion dollar profit off of government student loans, equivient to the profit of PMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo combined.