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TIL that CATS basically domesticated themselves. Not until a few thousand years after meeting humans though.

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Lmy0 TIL: Loopholes were small slits in castle walls that let archers fire arrows, and the modern use of the term reflects the apparent contradiction between the intent of an impenetrable wall and having small holes in it that allow defenders to gain an advantage
J16jv TIL Marie Antoinette never actually said “Let them eat cake”. Instead, the expression was coined by either Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Maria Theresa. Also, in French, the expression is qu'ils mangent de la brioche which literally translates to “let them eat an egg-based bread”
8a9GP TIL Anti Video Game activist Jack Thompson once said that if someone made a game about shooting up E3 than he would donate 10,000$ to charity. He refused to donate once the game actually got made
4RGR TIL China has a law that requires every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year. As a result, China currently has the highest afforestation rate of any country or region in the world.
Rxy9 TIL Quentin Tarantino considered ‘The Matrix’ the second best movie since he started directing, but he considered the sequels so bad that he had to downgrade it.