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TIL Nancy Cowen was forced to leave behind her cat Cleo, whom she had adopted as a stray, when she moved into a nursing home. About two weeks later however, Cleo managed to find the nursing home where she is now reunited with her owner as care staff intend on keeping them together.

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89JP TIL that our modern idea of headphone plugs is >130yrs old. It was invented in 1878, and is thus possibly the oldest electrical connector standard still in use today!
d8pR7 TIL Gooty Sapphire Ornamental is the only blue species of Tarantula of genus Poecilotheria. It is found in Andhra Pradesh India.It is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
6ExJJ TIL that in 1969, the charity Save The Children, funded and hired director Ken Loach to film a documentary about the charity. Loach laid bare the hypocrisy and colonial attitudes he saw at the heart of the charity. Save The Children banned the documentary for 42 years, finally showing it in 2011.
Me6ba TIL the Ancient Greek author Diodorus Siculus wrote that the people of Spain's Balearic Islands loved to be naked & loved women. The Greeks called the islands Gymnesiae meaning naked (γυμνοί) & legend states the the inhabitants would give 3 or 4 men as ransom for 1 woman.
VMDOm TIL that Vinegar Valentines Were Mean-Spirited and Insulting Cards That Came to Popularity in the Victorian Era For Sending to An Unwanted Suitor or Someone You Didn't Like