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TIL Loving cats is seen as a act of faith in Islam - there are poems, jokes and stories about the speciality and holiness of cats.

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Wk79X You're at the grocery store, and around the corner walks a familiar face. She looks just like someone you've met, and you try desperately to place her. Did you meet her at that cocktail party two years ago, or is she a long-lost college classmate? You walk up to her and wave, but in return, you're greeted with a blank stare.
v1OXR TIL that, on 16 november 1949, students in Ghent (Belgium) stormed the medieval castle, lowered the portculis and threw fruit from the walls at the police to protest a new tax on beer. The event is still commemorated yearly by the city as the greatest student prank in its history.
9wgY6 TIL Luffas don’t come from the ocean.
k4y7 TIL that researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.
nbZ7 TIL that in a blind test taste Pepsi activated more dopamine receptors than Coca-Cola. However once participants were told they were drinking Coke, it then became the greater dopamine producing beverage over Pepsi – even when lied to. Most likely it was Coke’s marketing that was responsible.