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TIL Siamese cats have temperature sensitive fur, the cooler the part of the cat’s body, the darker the fur

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D1NoY TIL that Roman Emperor Caligula was actually called Gaius. The nickname Caligula meant ‘little boots’ and came from the fact that his father like to dress him up in child-sized armor. He hated it.
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