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TIL Calico cats are almost always female, but a male calico with a rare chimerism condition was banned from cat shows

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awRa9 TIL that 9,000 Fallen Soldiers Were Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day in 2013. This Was Meant As A Stark Visual Reminder Of The Civilians, Germans And Allied Forces Who Died During The D-Day Beach Landings At Arromanches
v1pm8 TIL In the original Pulp Fiction script, Vincent actually shoots Marvin in the throat first - then he and Jules have an entire argument over what to do next while Marvin gurgles & listens in horror
xNP7 TIL that the 1965 “Slumber Party Barbie” came with a scale permanently set to 110 lbs, and a diet book with just one instruction: “Don’t Eat!”
Ypr4A TIL in the coldest of Russia's northern towns, people will leave their cars running from Fall to Spring lest the car batteries freeze solid.
neaZG TIL that retired astronaut, Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper, accidentally lost a bag of tools during a spacewalk in 2008. The tools, valued at $100,000, were lost when she accidentally pushed aside the bag they were in and it floated away.