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TIL a 20-pound Himalayan house cat went batshit crazy and held a family hostage in their bedroom

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N7r6J TIL that in Japan, Valentine's Day is a day when girls buy chocolates and other gifts for boys they like. A month later, on March 14th, is called White Day. On that day, the boys will buy gifts to give back to the girls who bought them gifts on Valentine's Day.
XEMDD TIL that 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote down a ‘to-do list’ of fantastical things he hoped science would one day acomplish. We’re over half way there.
D1jRr TIL The nudibranch species Elysia marginata has the ability to decapitate itself and regrow a new body from the head in order to get rid of parasites.
lrj1 TIL that in America, even “lead-free pipes” can be up to 1/400 lead, and the limit was 8% lead up until two years ago
PYGmg TIL that Charles Curtis, Vice President to Herbert Hoover, was of Native American ancestry and grew up partly among the Kaw tribe