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TIL that in 1954, jazz legend Charles Mingus wrote a concise mail-order handbook for toilet training your cat

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P5JL TIL there is only one species of cactus that can be found naturally occurring outside the Americas
OoKW4 TIL that when flatworms go to space, they can grow two heads. Usually a flatworm will regrow its head and tail after they are cut off, but one with its head and tail removed regrew two heads and a second mouth. (The flatworm's mouth is located on its belly.)
PYb4O TIL that Migros, Switzerland's largest retail company, gives a share to every Swiss adult for free, allowing them to vote in general assemblies. Furthermore, if the earnings before interest/taxes exceed 5%, the supermarkets are forced to lower their prices
gr8ay TIL: An Indian mathematician identified Mt. Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852. Using trigonometry, he calculated its height to be 29,000 ft. In 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nepal determined the actual height to be 29,031 ft - a difference of 31 ft from the 1852 estimate.
nKYr TIL that the Chinese government has been widely accused of harvesting and selling organs from imprisoned practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice and other political prisoners.