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PYWRg TIL that despite apparent aloofness, cats are social creatures capable of relationships with people. In an experiment commonly used to measure bonds that dogs and primates form with caretakers, about two-thirds of cats displayed secure attachments which equal those found for infants and dogs.
gMYKA TIL one of the great results of the 'Cassini' mission was the finding that the beautiful Saturn rings are a transient structure. In about a hundred million years, the ring will disappear, leaving behind a depleted version of Jupiter with less shimmering colors.
0w8lN TIL that Sitting Bull's remains were stolen from the Standing Rock Reservation, by his granddaughters, and buried in Mobridge SD. There a monument of Nancy Kicking Bear, a granddaughter of Sitting Bull, was erected.
P10OJ TIL Tom Waits voiced a dog food commercial in 1981
e0ZE4 TIL Pluto has five known moons. It is considered by many scientists to be a double planet system, because the largest moon, Charon, is so big (half the size of Pluto itself) that the two orbit a spot in between each other instead of Charon just orbiting Pluto like a smaller moon would.