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TIL that in the original version of Cinderella, the two step sisters amputate parts of their feet in order to fit into Cinderella’s missing shoe.

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Jxg8 TIL that for the first time part of a dinosaur skeleton has been discovered in amber with the finding of a tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur
J1MYj TIL live pigeon shooting was an event held during the 1900 Paris Olympic Games,
4XQ6b TIL that US president Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge used to buzz for his secret service and then would hide under his desk while they frantically searched for him
l77AG TIL that a frequently-posted image claiming that a woodpecker’s brain is protected by their tongue wrapping around their brain, isn’t true. It’s simply because their brain is so small, that the decelerations involved in pecking don’t cause brain damage.
X0PZR TIL in 2015, a man tried to claim he invented the chicken sandwich but U.S Courts ruled that the sandwich couldn't be copyrighted.