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TIL about the ‘cat organ,’ a hypothetical musical instrument consisting of a line of cats with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard, causing them to cry out when a key is pressed.

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6odW TIL Taking it in turns to pay for meals makes you happier than splitting the bill
wLElY TIL President Ronald Reagan is credited with saving 77 lives as a lifeguard at Lowel Park in Dixon, IL from 1926-1932.
kOxjW TIL of Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, who was thrown overboard when his ship was torpedoed and sunk in WW1. He was picked up by another ship, which was also torpedoed and sunk. He then swam to third ship, which was also torpedoed and sunk. He survived the war.
PrPe TIL a coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy
YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.