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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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MeMk0 TIL that in 2017 a 16 year old Aussie teenager drove around Melbourne in a fake 'emergency' truck modded with over $100K worth of gear. He responded to emergencies on the road, going undetected for a long period of time having fooled authorities, pedestrians and other traffic.
0wPrA TIL while the Blue Whale is the largest animal to ever live on Earth, the smallest whale - the Dwarf Sperm Whale - is not much bigger than a person.
yp0a TIL that in the first study to show hormonal bonding between humans and another species, it was found that staring into your dog’s eyes causes a rise in oxytocin - the same hormone that bonds human mothers to infants.
4km8X TIL that Victor Hugo Sosa, a Mexican politician, married an alligator. He serves as the mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town where marrying these reptiles has been a tradition for over 200 years.
lo01K TIL about Conflict Kitchen, a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that serves only ethnic food from countries which the United states is in conflict with