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TIL 42% of house cats are allergic to fish to some degree and 28% to any commercial diet they were fed.

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9YQN6 TIL of Eric Lomax, a British ex-POW who was captured in 1942 by Japanese forces. Many years after the war, he tracked down the Japanese man who had tortured him, and forgave him.
Brjmy TIL the grandmother of Rush's bass player Geddy Lee saved his family in the concentration camps during WWII
KdN6 TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented calculus in approximately the same amount of time the average student learns it in University.
5YR1P TIL: Despite a $100,000,000 contract, NBA star Kawhi Leonard drove the same 1997 Chevy Tahoe through the 2016 season because, "It runs … and it's paid off”
wLk9P TIL the phrase "Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass" used to be literal. The practice was thought to revive people who were passed out or drowned. Equipment for the procedure was placed near waterways just as defibrillators are today.