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TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.

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gyLW TIL “Orang” in Orangutan does not refer to the color orange, but rather the Indonesian word for “person”.
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KOWnG TIL that the first World Series was played in 1903 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. Unlike today, the fall classic was played as best of 9 games instead of 7, with Boston taking the series 5-3.
KYlxB TIL freight trains running on street level in NYC killed 540 people on 10th ave by 1910, giving it the moniker "death avenue
X4LP TIL that schizophrenia can be diagnosed with 98.3% accuracy using a simple eye test that tracks eye movement abnormalities