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TIL that Winston Churchill loved cats, while Adolph Hitler was said to despise them.

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kJjk1 TIL that some European languages do not have a word for Bears, preferring to use euphemisms such as The Brown one, Mr Brown ,and He who eats honey. This was because of the old custom that stated that a bear would come if it's name was called
5Vro9 TIL opium was routinely given to infants from ancient times up until the early 1900's.
KOgka TIL about Richard Handl, a Swedish man arrested for trying to split atoms of uranium on his kitchen stove. On July 22nd, 2011, he was detained by police after he personally called the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) to inquire whether his project was legal or not.
aQZZ TIL of Lily Allen’s song ‘Alfie’ which is about her lazy brother and includes the lyric “"You need to get a job because the bills need to get paid”. Today her brother is more relevant than she ever was and is best known for his role as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.
R7g8l TIL a dam in the Congo River would generate 40,000 MW of power (equivalent to 20 large nuclear power stations), it would supply 40% of Africa with electricity, and it would produce twice as much power as the Three Gorges dam in China