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TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.

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ZpWaG TIL that 41% of American adults believe in ghosts.
1kEX TIL Pope Paul VI spent the night of July 20,21 1969 watching the moon through a telescope of the Vatican Observatory during the first moon landing. Afterward, he praised the achievement by writing at length about the event
JgeV TIL that avocados are toxic to pretty much everything but humans.
69P07 TIL Ernst Hanfstaengl, a confidant of Hitler, defected to the US after he fell out of favor. He had been ordered to parachute over Spain and be an agent for Franco in the Spanish Civil War, but he was convinced it was a plot on his life. Albert Speer claimed that it was an elaborate practical joke.
YpN17 TIL banknotes in Scotland are unique. They are one of the only banknotes in the world to be issued by retail banks. Every banknote issued must be backed by an equivalent Bank of England note or Gold. Scottish banknotes are not legal tender.