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TIL Cat declawing is banned in many cities in California as well as many countries around the world, because it’s actually considered animal abuse my many

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OoGEa TIL: the US government has paid out 7 billion dollars in settlements to people poisoned by the US nuclear industry
xVWPg TIL the South Korean authorities have already created designations for North Korean highways to bring them under their own system in case of reunification.
GAgV1 TIL: Manhattan was almost home to a 200-foot owl mausoleum designed by Stanford White, meant to do double duty as a tourist attraction
WbP8 TIL that during the Russian famine of the 1920s, Government officials advised starving residents to dig up the dried bones of animals, grind them into flour and bake a “bread substitute [that has] a nutritive value of 25 per cent more than rye bread, in spite of its unpleasant smell and taste”.
Wk7B4 TIL: During Prohibition, Grape bricks/juice came with warnings on how "not" to make wine so people could make their own wine.