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TIL Cats domesticated themselves 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.

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R7Rv8 TIL two y/o Karlee Kosolofski was found dead, frozen to her porch in 1994. She had followed her dad out of the house on a -22°C morning and couldn't reach the handle to get back in. Over five hours later, she was found and amazingly revived with only the lower part of her leg needing amputation.
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