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TIL Cats don't meow to other cats, only to get humans to do what they want.

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4XkZw TIL that the World Bank stopped tracking inflation in Zimbabwe in November 2008, when it reached 79.6 billion percent. One year later, the country abandoned its currency. The exchange rate at the time was $35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars to $1 USD.
jn7X TIL As a child Joe Walsh struggled to learn the guitar solo to the Beatles “And Your Bird Can Sing”. Upon meeting a Beatle years later he found out it was an overdubbed two-part solo and that he might be the only person in the world that could play both parts at once.
b94Vp TIL Crystals in our ears regulate balance
W7xwA TIL a 2019 study by Drexel University (in addition to many other studies) found that houseplants do not improve air quality or otherwise purify the air.
v1pLR TIL In Indiana Jones: Raiders’ iconic truck chase, Harrison Ford appears for only a few seconds (closeups). 2nd unit director, Michael D Moore, filmed the scene mostly with stunt doubles, including Terry Leonard who performed Indy dragged underneath the truck and cameoed as a Nazi truck driver