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TIL 55% of Americans think it's OK to declaw(they remove part of the bone not just the actual claw) cats. Up to 25% of pet cats in the USA have been declawed. Studies suggest that declawed cats are more likely to have health problems, such as back pain, or behavioural problems, such as aggression.

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yQ7Pa TIL of Freud's patient diagnosed with hysteria based on menstrual symptoms. A surgeon friend claimed he could cure it with nose surgery. Surgery botched, left her hemorrhaging and disfigured. Freud claimed her hemorrhage is "wish-bleeding" caused by a hysterical longing for the affection of others.
v1p8x TIL Psilocybin comprises approximately 1% of the weight of Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, and so nearly 1.7 kilograms (3.7 lb) of dried mushrooms, or 17 kilograms (37 lb) of fresh mushrooms, would be required for a 60-kilogram (130 lb) person to reach the 280 mg/kg LD50 value of rats.
8ex6a TIL a flashback scene in the cult favourite sci-fi horror Event Horizon was much longer, used pornstars as the cast, would be illegal to shoot today, was stripped from the movie by the producers and is considered lost because it was not archived for later use in a Director's Cut
epEG6 TIL a Canadian National Historic Site is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City
R7ev9 TIL that despite being one of the most popular musicians of the modern era, Bruce Springsteen has never had an Number 1 record in America