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TIL In 1844, in a case of mass hysteria, a convent of nuns began “meowing” together everyday for several hours. Eventually the neighbours complained and soldiers threatened to whip the nuns until they stopped meowing.

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rNNAw TIL Dromedary Camels are a completely domesticated species, having gone extinct in the wild over 2,000 years ago. Any that live outside captivity, such as those in Australia, are ferals descended from pack/farm animals brought in by people.
0wBKy TIL when Saint Philip Neri's body was examined after he died, two of his ribs were found broken; this was attributed at the time to a miraculous expansion of his heart while praying. However, Pope Benedict XIV later stated that Philip's enlarged heart was actually caused by an aneurism.
a87rL TIL Soren Kierkegaard's first publish work was a panned review of Hans Christian Andersen. It ignited a life-long feud between the two Danes. Andersen responded by caricaturing the existentialist in "The Galoshes of Fortune," where Kierkegaard is portrayed as an annoying parrot who makes no sense.
pYW0b TIL of Rick Ennis, who brutally murdered his parents in 1993 when he was 12 years old. Then at the age of 42, was again charged and convicted of killing a woman named Lori Slesinski.
VM1R8 TIL The longest lived domestic cat was named Creme Puff. She lived from August 3, 1967 to August 6, 2005, a span of 38 years and 3 days. This is well over double the normal life span for domestic cats, which is typically around 12-14 years for males and 13-15 years for females.