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TIL that cats have a non-lethal terminal velocity

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m1w7E Today I learned that in many states, it’s actually illegal for minors to buy non-alcoholic beer. I discovered this firsthand when I was carded at a self-checkout while purchasing some non-alcoholic beer today.
v1geR TIL The production of the movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was so insanely difficult that inspired a documentary called "Lost Soul" . The director hated Val Kilmer so much that said “Even if I was directing a film called The Life of Val Kilmer, I wouldn’t have that prick in it”
xVGEg TIL that to avoid releasing the Watergate tapes to prosecutors, Nixon proposed that Democratic Senator John C. Stennis alone be able to listen to them. Stennis was both notoriously hard-of-hearing and heavily drugged after being shot earlier in the year. The offer was quickly rejected.
grRrW TIL a Canadian engineer once built a Mjölnir replica that only the "worthy" could lift: it sensed the iron ring commonly worn by Canadian engineers (presented in a ceremony called the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer), triggering an electromagnetic release so ring-wearers could pick it up.
mxDyR TIL Queen Victoria had 8 Failed Assassination Attempts Made Against Her