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TIL that Belgians celebrate Kattenstoet, the 'Festival of the Cats', which commemorates a medieval tradition in which cats were thrown from the belfry tower to the town square below. The modern festival involves throwing toy cats followed by a mock witch burning.

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E14Mo TIL 14 years prior to Titanic sinking, the book Futility told the story of an unsinkable ship "Titan" which also struck an iceberg on it's starboard side in the North Atlantic on an April night. The fictitious ship closely matched the Titanic's length, weight, speed, capacity, and lack of lifeboats.
QNWne TIL that in 2011, a man in Australia was convicted of child pornography after a digital copy of Victorian era erotic literature was found in his laptop
kmJE TIL that former baseball player Bobby Bonilla signed a contract in 2000 which pays him $1.9 million a year until 2035.
J1WM1 TIL Orange Chicken was invented at a Hawaiian Panda Express in 1987.
WwD8 TIL Kansas serial killer, the BTK Killer, installed alarms as a part of his job, and many of his clients had booked the company to stop BTK from ever entering their homes, unaware that BTK himself was installing them.