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TIL people have composed music specifically for cats, and cats actually seem to like it.

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GAxdN Today I learned that in 1666, the English village of Eyam made an extraordinary sacrifice. After the bubonic plague reached their community, the villagers chose to quarantine themselves rather than flee. An estimated 260 villagers died, however, this decision likely saved thousands.
9p5p TIL There is a separate movie created from the deleted scenes of “Anchorman” called “Wake Up Ron Burgundy”
XbK8 TIL famous mathematician & scientist Blaise Pascal converted to Catholicism after having a 2-hour mystical experience. He spent the rest of his life mostly writing about theology and apologetics.
R7E4l TIL that in 1579, war almost broke out between the Swiss cantons of Appenzell and Saint Gallen, because a calendar-printer forgot to draw on a bear's genitalia
Nn4N TIL a rat king is a rare phenomenon arising in rats. A number of rats become intertwined at the tails, and are joined with blood, dirt, and excrement. Consequently, the animals grow together, joined at the tails, which are often broken.