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TIL that there is cheese made from cat’s milk.

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KQDR TIL that British Paratroopers on D-Day discarded their 9mm Sten Guns for captured German MP 40s as the Sten Gun was horrifically unreliable, whereas the Schmeisser was an excellent SMG
QNkeX TIL that Dr. John Langdon Down believed that disorders such as Down syndrome (or "mongolism") make people look like a different race and considered this evidence that humans are a single species.
4kR7R TIL although noble gas are generally inert, compounds of these gas have been observed in some cases such as XeF4, KrF2 and RnO3
b9gd0 TIL the Albatross is a large bird that can go years without landing. They spend their first 6 years of life flying over the ocean without ever touching the ground.
M7BLa TIL a Boeing 747 uses ~4 litres (~1 gallon) of fuel every second