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TIL the Nazis considered cats to be “Jews amongst the animals” because they were “antisocial” and forbade actual Jews from owning any pets to make it easier to deport them without leaving behind animals.

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XEKbD TIL that Admiral Sir William James, born in 1881, was, as a young child, the model for a famous painting titled "Bubbles" which was subsequently used to advertise Pears Soap. This fame dogged him throughout his life and he was regularly nicknamed "Bubbles", much to his chagrin.
mxOAP TIL the 2008 financial crash directly led to 6566 suicides, causing more deaths than the September 11 attacks.
8eLW8 TIL an artificial heart is only temporary, implanted to keep patients alive until they can receive a heart transplant
jmZX TIL Steve-O was a clown and graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
7l0X TIL Chun-Li’s Energy Bar was planned to be shorter than everyone else’s in Street Fighter II, because a designer thought “women are not as strong”