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TIL that Cats rub their heads against their people as a method of scent marking, but not of ownership. Instead, they're getting their scent on you because they know you're family, but you smell "funny" compared to them. They're trying to make you smell like them.

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R7oR6 TIL the US National Anthem has a 5th verse which talks about a foe from within, and was added during the time of the Civil War to give hope for the future of the nation.
6gbl TIL that Israel’s nuclear doctrine is to nuke the entire world, even neutral states, if it faces a nuclear attack
awdOL TIL that some DSLR cameras can clean their sensors by themselves.
a8MJ9 TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf. Ford was also awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest medal Nazi Germany bestowed upon foreigners, for his antisemitic writing.
X5or TIL In the mid-90s, a bar in Moscow named “The Hungry Duck” introduced a ladies night whereby only women were allowed in for two hours, and were given unlimited booze for free. At 10 p.m., following a male strip act, men were allowed in.