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TIL that the Pallas cat looks super-expressive because its face is short and its pupils are round like ours

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0ded1 TIL the original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) in New York enabled direct rail access to New York City from the south for the first time. It was considered a masterpiece of the Beaux-Arts style and one of the great architectural works of NYC. Its loss galvanized the historic preservation movement
g849 TIL: In 2011, the US Attorney General personally asked David Simon to create a 6th Season of HBO’s The Wire. His response? Sure – as soon as you end the war on drugs.
nW8NW TIL, at first, Andrew Johnson wanted the Confederate leadership to be tried for treason, but Ulysses S. Grant threatened to resign and Johnson backed down.
9YgKM TIL: In 1967, India offered China 800 sheeps and 59 yaks to buy peace and to show the world that China can go on a war for petty issues and can't be trusted.
oRrlW TIL the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania allows vertical oriented license plates for motorcycles, with numbers being read top-down rather than left-right