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TIL: Cats Can't Taste Sweetness

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YKYG TIL that is legal to use your feet to hit the ball in volleyball
Br0Yy TIL: Despite its popularity in 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't make a profit until it was re-released ten years later.
0d0g1 TIL that in 1952, the United States Air Force airlifted more than 3500 pilgrims from Lebanon to Jeddah to complete their hajj, after airlines at Beirut couldn't hand the surge of passengers.
kOEVd TIL about Semantic Satiation, where if you repeat a word or a phrase or listen to it for too long, it suddenly loses its meaning and doesn't make sense anymore.
4Xenw TIL George Washington was the only President of the United States who didn't live in Washington DC.