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TIL the character in the 1986 TV special Garfield in Paradise that could translate for everyone was named Pigeon.

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7rgYp TIL that builders of Japan's Nijō castle created squeaky floors to prevent ninja assassins from sneaking in. The floors were designed so that just the lightest step produced a clearly audible sound, warning guards that danger is approaching and forcing a ninja to abandon his plots for the night.
VBXQ4 TIL Ancient Greeks referred to Subsaharan Africans as Aethiopians, meaning “burnt-face people”. Aethiopia referred to all of the inhabited land found to the south of Egypt. The Greek historian Herodotus stated, “the men are taller, handsomer, and longer lived than anywhere else.”
m1NKx TIL the reason why the Declaration of Independence is so faded isn't solely its age. In the 1800s, it was placed in front of a large window in the US Patent Office for 35 years.
VBAWZ TIL electric razors are supposed to be oiled
nWoaP TIL During early development the gonads of the [human] fetus remain undifferentiated; that is, all fetal genitalia are the same and are phenotypically female.