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TIL that cats can get acne on their chins

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741O TIL the term “j'accuse”, coming from the title of an 1898 open letter from writer Emile Zola to the president of France during the Dreyfus Affair, is a synonym for a brave public expression of opinion against the abuse of power.
6EmEQ TIL that Danish priests still wear ruffs (those large frilled disk-like collars once popular across Europe centuries ago) today.
grmAW TIL that the person who published the first map with the word America, later tried to change the continent's name to Parrotland.
kJ5D7 TIL that the 2005 film "Hostel" negatively affected Slovakia's and the Czech Republic's reputation. Director Eli Roth was invited on an all-expenses-paid trip to clear up the false allegations made in the film, which portrayed the countries as crime-ridden, lawless, poor, and dangerous places.
WkNp4 TIL On the Island of Dr. Moreau, Marlon Brando was fed lines through an earpiece which suffered interference from police radios causing him to yell "There's a robbery at Woolworth's!"