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TIL Cats have genetic similarities to humans and are an excellent model to study human infectious diseases.

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nelgW TIL a Chinese method of popcorn-making involves heating kernels in a large cast-iron canister that is then sealed with a heavy lid and turned over a fire rotisserie-style. When the canister is removed from the fire, the seal is released and, with a huge sonic boom, all the kernels explode at once.
9wW1X TIL that there is a lock in the Netherlands with a doorbell for fish. As soon as the doorbell rings, the lock is opened so that the fish can swim through in search of a place to lay their eggs.
gan7 TIL there are more bikes than people in the Netherlands, and that their cities are planned to accomodate to bikes rather than cars
g8YX TIL that Procrastination can be connected to Perfectionism and can, in that case, be effectively defeated at the root of the problem.
9Yoap TIL that in 1928, deep in the Brazilian jungle, Henry Ford built a city nearly the size of Connecticut called Fordlândia. It would last until 1934 when it was abandoned. Its remains are still visible today.