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TIL that cats are lactose intolerant

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ANLja TIL that Little Mole (Krteček), a series of Czech cartoons from the 1950s, has been the first animated character sent into space (in 2011)
4kDX6 TIL the internet was revolutionising the way people got together and average (median) marriage age in the US has increased in the last decade.
Oka6 TIL that in 1969 President Richard Nixon had proposed a form of Basic Income (or Negative Income Tax) for poor families in the US, but it was promptly defeated in the senate.
oP08 TIL that the most powerful pirate in history was Ching Shih, a Chinese woman that commanded the Red Flag Fleet, which the British, Portuguese and the Qing dynasty were unable to defeat. She also instituted a Pirate Code.
EgDmp TIL about Hiranyakashipu. A asura king from Hindu mythology who was blessed to be unkillable by deva, human or animal, at day or night, indoors or outdoors, on earth or space or by any weapon. He was killed by an incarnation of Vishnu who managed to kill him without violating his blessing.