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TIL Cats have evolved to meow almost exclusively to humans, and rarely use it as part of cat-to-cat communication.

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d8AGQ Rich people are buying up dinosaurs because museums are too poor to get them.
8wYP TIL The British are close to having a single stage spacecraft capable of over 180 spaceflights a year.
R7QM9 TIL: Of Rotary Jails, huge rotating carosel like jails that would "store" inmates in a large machine that would rotate to let them in and out. They were phased out partially due to inmates limbs being sheared off by the rotation.
5VMwQ TIL one survey claimed that 75% of avid readers were satisfied with their lives, compared to 58% of non-avid readers, and also claimed that the average income of avid readers was 12.5% higher.
EooX TIL That 78% of NFL players file bankruptcy within 5 years of retirement.