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TIL That humans have stripes along our body called Blaschko's lines that we can't see, but cats can!

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16ogd TIL that Spain had a theocratic guardianship system akin to Saudi Arabia's until 1985, granting men near-total control over their wives and daughters. Women needed their guardian's consent to open a bank account, work, or drive, and men could legally kill their female partners for extramarital sex.
G4A4 TIL there is an unincoroporated town in Alaska whose honorary mayor is a cat named Stubbs
6748 TIL 73% of French people think any time is a good time to enjoy a pastry
awVNy TIL that in the original story Pinocchio squished the cricket to shut it up. It continued nagging him as a ghost.
Xrdr TIL Sir Richard Branson’s only attempt as a music producer was a novelty record called “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” that consisted of sheep baa-ing over a drum machine track. It reached #42 on the UK charts in 1982.