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TIL cats are one of only a few rare mammals that are unable to tell if food is sweet

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Mep1A TIL of the Lollards, pre Lutheran Christian Reformists who opposed many practices of the Catholic Church (such as praying to saints and confession) and translated the bible into English.
YjOG TIL of arctic explorer Peter Freuchen who took a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland, starred in an Oscar-winning film, amputated his own toes, escaped a Nazi death sentence, cut his way out of a blizzard shelter with a knife made from his frozen feces, and won The $64,000 Question game show.
rRxL1 TIL in 2001, a scientist successfully trained pigeons to distinguish between paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Marc Chagall - including paintings the pigeons had never seen before.
JYVOl TIL that 84% of the world’s rough diamonds and 50% of the world’s polished diamonds pass through the Belgian city of Antwerp, which houses 4 diamond exchanges and over 1700 registered diamond traders in an area of less than one square mile
wLkwJ TIL that in 1872 Susan b Anthony was arrested for illegally voting. She was charged a fine of 100$ for which she refused to pay and never did.