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TIL that adult cats rarely meow to each other, just to humans. It is likely to be a post-domestication extension of mewing by kittens because meowing gets people to do what they want.

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b95aZ TIL that the first person convicted of speeding was going 8 mph (13 km/h). In 1896 Walter Arnold drove his horse-less carriage through the village of Paddock Wood, Kent, at more than four times the speed limit.
1a4Dd TIL that FDR's illness might have been Guillain–Barré syndrome, not polio
Mbab TIL 9 patients in Austin Texas accounted for 2700 emergency room visits over a six year span costing tax payers 3 million dollars.
JvrB TIL: In Uxbridge, Massachusetts (36 miles southwest of Boston), the local police department has requested that people STOP POOPING ON TRAINS from overpasses.
jWkM TIL Henery Shrapnel in 1784 invented a hollow cannon ball that would be filled with shot and gun powder,and exploded over the enemies