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TIL Katy perry has a cat named kitty purry.

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pYv88 TIL Charlie Parker attempted suicide in 1954. The death of his two-year-old daughter, the cumulative effects of his excesses with drugs and alcohol in his health and his crumbling career were contributing factors for his breakdown.
oRKmK TIL of actor Leslie Banks who received partial facial wounding in the First World War. Banks would take advantage of this in his career, by using the scarred side for darker films, and the undamaged side for light-hearted movies.
J4aj TIL that in 1939, 20,000 people attended a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden.
8akGb TIL in 1999, Macromedia hired Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame to create 39 animated shorts to showcase its "Shockwave" player. The result was "Princess". Parker and Stone didn't hear back for weeks after submitting the first two episodes. (Reuploded, links in comments, very NSFW).
oBlYW TIL that the longest echo in a man-made structure is produced in an abandoned oil depot in Scotland, the Inchindown Oil Tanks. The echo lasts for 112 seconds.