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TIL that when a cat “head-butts” you, it’s called “bunting”

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ZegD TIL When prohibition was repealed in 1933, Yuengling beer Company sent a truckload of “Winner Beer” to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in appreciation, which arrived the day the amendment was repealed — particularly notable since Yuengling beer takes almost three weeks to brew and age.
lo8ZV TIL One bite from the Lone Star Tick can cause a permanent allergy to meat.
OPm7 TIL that after WWII an American officer wrote a letter to his son on Hitler’s personal stationery.
l756G TIL that the original title of the novel "Robinson Crusoe" was not "Robinson Crusoe", and I can't type it here because it's too long.
v1ny4 TIL In 1984, Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky released a computer game called "Mindwheel" where the player traverses the minds and memories of deceased individuals. The goal is to retrieve the Mindwheel, which “contains the secret of the world’s best values.”