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TIL that meowing isnt a natural part of cat language. It is developed almost exclusively to communicate with humans.

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e0Z16 TIL of Frank Bourne, the last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. At 22 he was the youngest Colour Sergeant in the British Army at the time. He ultimately reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and died aged 91 in 1945, on VE Day
wrwM TIL that David Spade did not attend his close friend Chris Farley’s funeral because he “could not be in a room where Chris was in a box.”
kJO4 TIL That the largest population of Welsh speakers outside of the United Kingdom is in the Chubut Province of Argentina, with 5,000 speakers
4Xooa TIL Wolfgang Puck got his idea for frozen pizzas from Johnny Carson
4XPdb TIL Lenin's body was embalmed and put on display in his Mausoleum on the Red Square, next to the walls of the Kremlin