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TIL adult cats do not “meow” at each other - only at humans. Once a cat is no longer a kitten, it stops “meowing” and only “yowls” at other cats - specifically during breeding season.

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xVklk TIL of the Shirky Principle: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."
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