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TIL that cat purring, their Purring vibrations help to heal infections, swelling, bone healing and growth, pain relief, muscle growth and repair, tendon repair and joint mobility.

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axBy TIL none of the ~35 people killed in the Salem Witch Trials died from burning at the stake. 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death, all others died in jail.
x6M8o TIL that humans have been performing dentistry since 7000 BC, which makes dentistry one of the oldest professions.
OGPLX TIL Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr were the inspiration for two leading roles on TV's "Married...With Children" and both turned it down
lvnK TIL that Louis Pasteur, the inventor of pasteurization, also went on to create vaccines for Rabies, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, and Smallpox.
j6pjX TIL in Khmer Rouge Cambodia, Cambodians of Chinese descent were massacred by the Khmer Rouge under the justification that they "used to exploit the Cambodian people". Despite this, the Chinese government did not protest the killings, and provided at least 90% of Cambodia's foreign aid.