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TIL that it's thought that one of the reasons cats purr is to heal their own internal injuries

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eMlk TIL that it’s technically twice as dangerous to be a taxi driver, than to be a cop. Even in terms of homicide.
J1j04 TIL that piroshkis and pierogis are not the same thing. I thought it was two different pronunciations of the same thing.
kmod TIL Genghis Khan slaughtered the inhabitants of an entire city because they killed his son-in-law. Khan’s grieving daughter requested that all citizens be decapitated to ensure they were dead and that pyramids be built from their skulls…which took 10 days.
yQKjM TIL "urchin" is just another word for hedgehog. Which is where sea urchins get their name. They are hedgehogs of the sea.
aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.