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TIL Disneyland & Walt Disney World Rescue, Care For, Spay/Neuter and ‘Employ’ Hundreds Of Feral Cats To Help Control Mouse Population On Park Grounds

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yVVGJ TIL Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women
Rbp9 TIL Warm water freezes faster than cold, and that scientists still don’t know why.
wLX9P A new study published February 15 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that the Andromeda galaxy is actually around the same size as our own galaxy. Scientists previously thought Andromeda was about two to three times the size of the Milky Way, and that it would one day swallow us up in a galactic smashup billions of years away. But researchers using a technique to measure “the speed required to escape a galaxy” have figured out why Andromeda is smaller than research has suggested, according to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). This could seriously change the outcome of that eventual merger.
jNVXN TIL that there used to be a polar bear at the tower of london which was fed by putting a leash on it and letting it fish in the thames
jPoQ TIL There is a gemstone that has better brilliance, more fire, tougher, rarer and much cheaper than a Diamond: Moissanite