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TIL that cats have scent glands in their paws. When they kneed their paws into us they are marking their territory.

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kGE1 TIL the movie ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ was based on news articles of Cambodian refugees refusing to fall asleep due to nightmares. Many of them ended up dying in their sleep of unexplained causes.
O1j1 TIL that a 106-mile portion of I-70 in Utah has no gasoline or exits. It is the longest portion of the US Interstate system without services. A station at one end sells about 30 gas containers a week to people who run out on the highway and walk to the station.
E1P5w TIL Biologists are fighting malaria using genetically modified mosquitos which are immune and thus incapable of transmitting it. In other words, the easiest way to cure malaria in humans is to cure mosquitos instead.
DoNg TIL that a dog in America was sent a subpoena to appear in court as a murder witness but was denied as dogs were not allowed in the courthouse.
lj8A TIL there exists a waterfall in Antarctica that has a water source completely devoid of oxygen containing a high amount of Iron & Sodium. When the water is finally exposed to air as it flows out of the glacier, it rusts coloring the water blood red making it look like the glacier is bleeding!