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TIL Cats love green kalamata olives. They contain a compound similar to that in catnip.

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VEJk TIL the creator of WinRar, Ron Dwight, passed away in 2002.
ep6r4 TIL that it is illegal to possess or collect eagle feathers in the United States, and only members of a federally recognized native American tribe may legally possess them.
M7Z17 TIL in 2003 a British woman's chastity belt set off a metal detector alarm at Athens airport. She explained that her husband made her put it on to ensure that she didn't have an affair during her brief trip to Greece. She was allowed to fly on to London on the pilot's responsibility.
OGJQ7 TIL that Morzillo, the horse Hernán Cortes rode in the conquest of Tenochtitlan, was worshipped as a thunder deity by a nearby tribe for over a century
780OZ TIL that in 2017, an Ohio Sheriff's office auctioned off an M1921 Thompson submachine gun, that they originally owned. The starting bid was 40k USD, and the Thompson was eventually sold for 90k USD. The Sherriff's office originally purchased the weapon on May 13th 1934.