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TIL that "indoor cats" are overwhelmingly more common in the US [and Australia] than Europe, as they are an invasive species there

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bNE7 TIL that babies can tell the faces of lemurs and other primates apart, but lose this ability as they get older and specialize on human faces
MoXB TIL David Eckert sued his local police force for $1.6 million after being forced to undergo “multiple digital penetrations and 3 enemas” on an invalad warrant and without finding the drugs they were looking for.
5YROB TIL the Hershey Kiss is a better packaged, better marketed, and mass produced version of The Wilbur Bud. The Wilbur Bud achieved its shape through the cumbersome process of molding. Hershey streamlined the process with a machine that formed the right shape automatically onto a cooled conveyor belt.
P4Le TIL milk has peptides that mimic the effect of opiates in the brain causing very real cravings and opiate withdrawals for milk lovers.
Vbn0 TIL that “Bennie And The Jets” by Elton John ISN’T a live recording but that producer Gus Dudgeon wanted a live feel on the recording, so he mixed in crowd noise and whistles into the song.