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TIL that a cat was arrested by the Thai police for breaking quarantine regulations.

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WknG4 TIL that George Newhall and Tom Yohe, co-creators of the "School House Rock" series of educational short songs, produced a similar series for NBC in 1978 called "The Metric Marvels" to teach kids about the metric system in support of the US' short-lived transition to metric.
5YQKQ TIL that the original story for The Terminator came from Harlan Ellison ... or at least enough that a lawsuit forced James Cameron to acknowledge him in the credits.
VBpy8 TIL that during the American Revolution, British intelligence officer John Andre was executed as a spy. Many people, including Alexander Hamilton and the Marquis de Lafayette, respected Andre and regretted his death.
OGDV1 TIL Mia Frye was responsible for choreographing the dance routine in the music video for the hit song "Macarena"
krP7 TIL there was a private prison that fed vegan meals, gave Bible studies, offered job training, anger management, etc. where violence dramatically decreased and inmates of all races associated with each other, where only 2% were rearrested, when the state of California had a rearrest rate of 95%.