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TIL terriers were used as rat catchers and they’re way more effective than cats

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yGll TIL that until 1994, a pencil was inserted into a person’s hair to help determine a South African’s racial identity. If the pencil fell out easily, the person was considered white.
VM1rD TIL Carrie Fisher's ashes are contained inside a giant novelty Prozac pill
v1A1B TIL There were less than 60 years between the Wright brothers first flight in an airplane and the first human being launched into space (1903 - 1961)
QNykk TIL actor, poet and pro American football player Bernie Casey starred as widower Mike Harris in Harris and Company, the first weekly American TV drama series centered on a black family
MNQb TIL George Takei turned down the cameo in Marge vs the Monorail because he ‘takes monorails very seriously’