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TIL of the Toyger, a cat bred to look like a miniature tiger.

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XbvX TIL after the USPS began offering parcel post, numerous poor families used the service to mail their children to relatives. One girl was mailed to her grandmother 73 miles away for just 53 cents.
4dWN TIL that in 1947, a country ruled by King George VI attacked a country ruled by King George VI. The only time in the last two hundred years a King was at war with himself
oR9xo TIL of Tomtex, a fake leather made from chitosan, a bio-polymer extracted from waste seafood shells. Unlike other leather alternatives TomTex is not mixed with PVC or polyurethane
jNP7X TIL there is a hotel resort in South Korea that looks like a huge yacht that is built on the top of a large cliff
9YNgG TIL that famous writer Art Buchwald wanted to join the United States Marine Corps during World War II but was too young to join without parental or legal guardian consent, so he bribed a drunk with half a pint of whiskey to sign as his legal guardian