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{"fact":"Miacis, the primitive ancestor of cats, was a small, tree-living creature of the late Eocene period, some 45 to 50 million years ago.","length":133}

{"slip": { "id": 143, "advice": "When painting a room, preparation is key. The actual painting should account for about 40% of the work."}}

{"fact":"Cats have 3 eyelids.","length":20}

{"slip": { "id": 169, "advice": "Do something selfless."}}

{"slip": { "id": 174, "advice": "Be a good lover."}}

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Thomas Osborne Davis was a Canadian Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Senate of Canada.

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{"fact":"Unlike humans, cats cannot detect sweetness which likely explains why they are not drawn to it at all.","length":102}

{"slip": { "id": 109, "advice": "To cleanly remove the seed from an Avocado, lay a knife firmly across it, and twist."}}

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Boy was a white hunting poodle belonging to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the 17th century. Parliamentarian propaganda alleged that the dog was \"endowed\" with magical powers.

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\"Conspiracy of Silence\" is the twenty-third episode of the second series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast in the Teledu Cymru region of the ITV network on Friday 1 March 1963. ABC Weekend TV, who produced the show for ITV, broadcast it the next day in its own regions. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Roger Marshall.

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{"fact":"Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. Newton was experimenting in a pitch-black room. Spithead, one of his cats, kept opening the door and wrecking his experiment. The cat flap kept both Newton and Spithead happy.","length":211}

{"fact":"While many cats enjoy milk, it will give some cats diarrhea.","length":60}

{"slip": { "id": 168, "advice": "Do a bit more for your friends."}}

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