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Today I learned that in 2015, American hip hop duo ‘Run The Jewels’ released 'Meow The Jewels’: a crowdfunded version of their 2014 album, where they replaced all the instrumentals with samples of meowing cats - and donated the $60k+ funds to charity.

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