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TIL Cardinal Richelieu is credited with the invention of the table knife

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6Mx7 TIL there in the UK there is an official ‘Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office’ (A cat.) The cat’s term of office often outlasts a Prime Minister’s career. The longest serving cat served 4 Prime Ministers
P1xln TIL some people born with 6 fingers on each hand (polydactylism) are able to tie shoelaces one-handed
EVJ7 TIL a young child was separated from his mother, and was consequently adopted by an australian family. He tracked her down as an adult by matching hazy memories with landmarks on Google Earth
Ynxx TIL that The United States pays Cuba $4,085 a month in rent for Guantanamo, but Cuba doesn’t cash the checks
R6d4 TIL China harvests organs from political prisoners and, consequentially, has the world’s shortest wait time for organ transplants