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TIL Liam Neeson started acting because he thought the girl who would star next to him in his school plays was cute

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5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
OGy84 TIL Queen Victoria had a Pekingese named Looty. Looty was stolen by Captain John Hart Dunne during the looting of Old Summer Palace near Beijing in 1890. He gifted her to Queen Victoria who named her Looty in reference to how she was acquired. Looty may have been the first Pekingese in England.
4XkKb TIL that HAZMAT is short for Hazardous Materials
epgwL TIL Nicolas Cage Was Once Bailed Out Of Jail By Dog The Bounty Hunter
oBX57 TIL about the ThermalTake Xray, a PC accessory that fit a 5.25” expansion bay and functioned as an cup holder and cigarette lighter.