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TIL that cats try to manipulate us by meowing in a way that sounds like a baby crying.

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GYbME TIL Sir Anthony Hopkins originally wanted to be a composer. He released an album that topped the UK classical charts in 2012. At the age of 26, he composed a waltz that was finally performed 47 years later by André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra, who specializes in waltzes.
ZpZ9D TIL of the Mann Gulch Fire in 1949 that claimed the lives of 13 young firefighters. Crew Chief Wag Dodge survived by setting the first known “escape fire” but was unable to convince his men that it was their only hope of survival.
wLVRW TIL that when Kim Peek managed payrolls of 160 people, he was able to complete this task in just hours without a calculator and when he was fired to be replaced by a computer, it took two full time accountants plus the computer just to replace him.
PYnWZ TIL about Polyandry, a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time. One example of polyandry is in the Himalayan mountains, due to the scarcity of land. The marriage of all brothers in a family to the same wife allows family land to remain intact and undivided.
yQX8l TIL that a "sense of impending doom" is a medically recognised symptom, and can indicate certain conditions.