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TIL That cats love the smell of crushed ants

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oB5VA TIL An Arizona man, Paul Menchaca, was charged with multiple counts of sex abuse and fraudulent schemes after he allegedly faked having Down syndrome and hired female caregivers to bathe him and change his diapers. Using an online service, Menchaca posed as his mother to lure alleged victims.
rRNd4 To strain out the nasty stuff we breathe in. It’s like an air filter in your house, says Justin Turner, an otolaryngologist (short, sort of, for otorhinolaryngologist, Greek for ear (oto), nose (rhino), and throat (laryng)) at Stanford University. Nose hairs trap dirt, viruses, bacteria and toxins until we blow them out, sneeze, or swallow.
yZXJ TIL the same voice actor portrayed Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget, Mr. Wilson and Ruff in Dennis the Menace, Egon Spengler, Destro, Pepe Le Pew in Space Jam, The Brain, Salem in Sabrina, the Narrator in Johnny Bravo, Master Fung in Xiaolin Showdown, Morbo + Kif in Futurama, and the King in Frozen.
8LGZ TIL that from 1985-2005, LAPD shot at more than 465 dogs, killing at least 200 and wounding at least 140. From 1990-2005, NYPD officers officers had shot at 803 dogs.
16wQ8 TIL the high five was invented in 1977