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TIL that declawing a cat amputates a joint and is illegal in most countries

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vP0Dx TIL Paul Robeson was an African American lawyer, stage actor (in New York and London), singer, and pro athlete, who won 15 letters in four varsity sports at Rutgers, was elected Phi Beta Kappa and became his class valedictorian after earning a scholarship at age 17 in 1915
EGB0 TIL that Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, who ruled from 1943 to 1946 as a child, and was overthrown after the WWII, was later elected Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001. He is the only monarch to become the head of government through democratic elections in European history.
PYVrJ TIL The history of animated characters wearing white gloves has ties to caricaturing black people, partially inspired from minstrels who often wore them during shows, as well as jazz which influenced many early 1900's cartoons. It was also practical to help distinguish hands from their black bodies.
Rvg7 TIL in 1983 a Russian radar detected the launch of Minuteman missiles by the U.S. The radar operator correctly identified the detection as a false alarm and is credited with averting a likely counterstrike by the Russians which would have started a nuclear war.
kOvg TIL that when Spike Milligan died wanted to be buried in a washing machine to puzzle future archaeologists.