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TIL that dogs and cats have special taste buds geared specifically for water.

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N7QMN TIL that over half of Japanese hot springs (onsen) ban people with tattoos from using their facilities in order to keep out members of the Yakuza, who often have large, prominent tattoos.
OoOWY TIL that in 1969, the Penn Central Railroad Co. planned to build a tower on top of Grand Central which would have required removal of a portion of the station's facade. The NYC Landmark Preservation Commission rejected the design, leading to a landmark Supreme Court "takings-clause"case in 1978.
yQYeJ TIL that Akira Kurosawa was unable to get funding after a series of flops, and only returned to filmmaking after attempted suicide when the Soviet Union enlisted him to make a film set in Russia
D14vJ TIL that the actor who played the radiology technician in The Exorcist was an active serial killer at the time of filming.
dlYK TIL George Lucas offered his game developers the choice between naming a villain “Darth Icky” and “Darth Insanius”, and was completely serious