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TIL Cats liked to be pet when eating contrary to popular belief

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eKL4 TIL: Special Monopoly sets helped tens of thousands of Allied POWs escape in WWII
Bg4br TIL pandas are one of the few animals with opposable thumbs - but the "thumb" develops from a wrist bone, so when looking at pandas, it looks as though they have six fingers
4kJO6 TIL that Elvis Presley’s cousin was paid $18,000 by the National Enquirer to secretly photograph Elvis’ corpse after his open-casket funeral. The issue went on to become the magazine’s best-selling edition ever, with a record 6.7 million copies sold.
Z64B TIL two Satanist gay couples were charged with a misdemeanor after kissing each other over the grave of Fred Phelps’ (from the Westboro Baptist Church) mother.
Eve7 TIL The Ka-50 helicopter has a ejection seat. Before the rocket in the seat deploys, the rotor blades are blown away by explosives in the rotor disc.