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TIL cats have a varying number of nipples.

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VeK8 TIL The Washington Generals broke a 2495-game losing streak by accidentally beating the Harlem Globetrotters 100-99
wL6O7 TIL German-Italian microcar BMW Isetta was modified to hide a person inside the engine bay in order to escape unsuspecting East German border police. Nine people were able to defect successfully before being discovered.
D8Vp TIL in Japan, if someone is photographed or filmed while handcuffed, their hands have to be pixelated when used on TV or in the newspapers due to the implied guilt being pictured in handcuffs.
eG1L TIL that Japan still has populated colonies of elderly leprosy patients, and forced segregation of those afflicted with leprosy was not declared unconstitutional until 2001.
nea5r TIL that when Harry Winston was 12 years old, he bought a 2 carat emerald for 25 cents in a pawn shop after the owner had mistaken it for coloured glass. He sold it two days later for $800.