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TIL that cats (once they outgrow their kitten phase) don’t “meow” to communicate with each other. Meowing is reserved for communicating with their humans.

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16pn8 TIL Paro international airport is one of the hardest airports to land it, and only 8 pilots are certified to land there.
PYM8O TIL that Ritalin and Cocaine are chemically and molecularly similar. Both drugs flood the brain with dopamine, although Ritalin absorbs at a much slower rate, so is deemed to be safer.
MZKV TIL There is no scientific correlation of the old wives tale of cracking your knuckles will cause Arthritis, the cracking is caused by small bubbles bursting fluid which helps lubricate the areas between bones and reduces friction for ease of movement.
yNdJ TIL that Anthony Bourdain, after trying such delicacies as sheep testicle, seal eyeball, and cobra, said the most disgusting thing he’s ever eaten was a Chicken McNugget.
8eNZa TIL that Pablo Picasso said of the first moon landing, as published in the New York Times a day later, "It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it and I don't care."