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TIL that jazz legend Charles Mingus once published a manual to toilet-train cats

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JYerj TIL of Connie Converse, whose work is among the earliest known recordings of the singer-songwriter genre of music. In 1974 she disappeared, writing to family and friends that she wished to start a new life. Her music has received renewed attention in recent years, but she was never seen again.
a8peZ TIL Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died of Lewy Body Dementia. The same disease that took Robin Williams.
5YlVD TIL Iran currently is the only country in the world that allows the sale of one's kidney for compensation (typically a payment); consequently, the country does not have either a waiting list or a shortage of available organs.
OGopg TIL to collect taxes, Christian IV of Denmark asked captains of ships crossing the Øresund to estimate the value of their cargo, which was applied as the tax base without further audit. But the king also claimed the right to buy the entire cargo at exactly that price.
4X8gJ TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car which he would use to prank his guests by driving into a lake while screaming about brake failure