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TIL in an experiment conducted on pet and shelter cats, the majority of cats preferred human interaction with strangers over food and toys

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kJedd TIL that record producer Paul A. Rothchild, who produced the Doors' first five albums, left during the production of their 1971 album "L.A. Woman" after disliking "Love Her Madly,” calling it “cocktail music.” This gave the band total freedom, and today, the album is hailed as one of their greatest.
9BxX TIL Locks of Love made only 317 wigs in 2011 from more than 100,000 donations, while Pantene made ten times the wigs with nearly half the donations
BMGK TIL that Space Invaders was so popular it created a shortage of 100 yen coins in Japan, forcing the government to mint more.
rR8J0 TIL that in the USA, emails are considered “abandoned” after 180 days. The government can look at these emails without a warrant thanks to the Electronic Communications Protection Act.
vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.