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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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6LmQ TIL that during the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.
bQK9 TIL Sniper bullets can hit targets so far away that the sniper needs to take the spin of the Earth into account (The Coriolis Drift)
Oo0X TIL Catholic Priests molesting children was such a problem in the 20th Century, in 1962 the church issued an instruction called “Crimen Sollicitationis”, reiterating another instruction issued in 1922, threatening excommunication for any clergy or victim that made a case public
grZm7 TIL less than a month before 18 year old Ty Cobb started his rookie season with the Detroit Tigers, his father was shot and killed on the porch of their home. The killer was Cobb’s mother. She claimed she thought he was an intruder. She was charged with murder but later acquitted.
DQgNP TIL that the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the only American National Park named directly after a single person.