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TIL that Disneyland is home to dozens of feral cats that Disney captured, spayed and neutered, then rereleased to control the rodent population.

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4kMYo TIL the reason why older Japanese paints have women with black lips is not to provide contrast, but because they actually represent black teeth which was a common custom of the time.
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4Xjao TIL that the powder you see when you touch a moth is actually tiny scales, like on a fish or lizard. These scales give butterflies and moths their scientific name Lepidoptera (from the Greek Lepido = scale, and ptera = wing).
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