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TIL 25% of all known animal species are beetles

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9YLwr TIL John Jameson, founder of Jameson’s Irish Whiskey, was actually Scottish.
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KdEa TIL Many animals were harmed during the filming of Milo and Otis. It was reported that 20 kittens were killed acting as Milo, the producer allegedly had broken a cat’s paw for a scene and threw another one off a cliff.
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