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TIL Cats will make a unique chirping sound when they get frustrated about prey they can see but cannot catch.

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kOloW TIL The final episode of Perry Mason was set in a TV studio, offering the entire production crew an opportunity to appear on camera. Most of the behind-the-scenes personnel in the episode had been with the show the entire nine year run. The original author, Erle Gardner, appeared too.
69WJ7 TIL anyone in the world, any age, can receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus in Canada for free if they write him and mail the letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada. Schools classrooms can get a poster sized letter with all students name on it too.
e046n TIL of the Secession of the Plebs. A form of protest where Rome's non-aristocratic citizens would leave the city en masse leaving the aristocratic Patricians to fend for themselves.
vrK4 TIL Elevator ‘close door’ buttons in the U.S. were made to be unresponsive or have a delayed response because of a section in the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) that mandates the doors stay open a min. of 3 seconds to allow those with disabilities to enter/exit
d49B TIL 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don’t die throughout the movie