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TIL that cats have accents. Phonetics researchers have suggested that cats and their humans develop a “pidgin language” together to communicate, which may influence regional variations in cat vocalizations.

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rNBO0 TIL Human Composting after death is legal in 5 US states
Ren9 TIL : Martin Luther King Jr. spent his wedding night in a funeral home, since there were no honeymoon suites for African-Americans.
xEgg TIL in 1976 the Mego Corporation rejected a deal to make Star Wars action figures, saying it that they would go bankrupt if they made toys of every “flash in the pan” sci-fi B movie that came along.
AyXo TIL the oldest living Hollywood actor is Norman Lloyd. Despite turning 103 in November, he is still acting and appears in a new show premiering in 2018.
mx5dx TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.