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TIL Research shows that cats that are provided with empty boxes were more interactive, friendly and comfortable with the people around them as compared to those cats that did not have a box to snuggle in. So, it can be said that cats derive comfort and security from boxes.

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pYDPO TIL that the Sushruta Samhita, a Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery written in India around the 6th century BCE, contains detailed surgical techniques—including cataract surgery, rhinoplasty, and even plastic surgery—around 2000 years before similar practices were documented in the West.
jm4E TIL Metallica’s lawyer once sent a cease and desist letter to a Metallica cover band. Metallica later said they had no idea the letter had been sent and offered an apology and told Rolling Stone that they had started out as a cover band, adding “Heck, we even recorded a two-disc album of covers!”
aDnA TIL that Kim Jong-un was not supposed to succeed his father, Kim Jong-il. The man that was supposed to succeed Kim Jong-il lost his chance after trying to enter Japan to go to Disneyland.
ewe4 TIL the word “echo” comes from a Greek myth where a nymph named “Echo” was cursed by Hera to only ever be able to say something someone else had just previously said. Hence the meaning of the word.
0dpXR TIL that in the 18th century, there was a man named Charles Domery who reportedly ate an entire cat, then proceeded to eat the candles and the stuffing from his bed. He also allegedly ate live snakes and lizards, and claimed that his insatiable hunger was due to a "worm" in his stomach.