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TIL domestic cats stop meowing to communicate with other cats upon reaching adulthood, and only meow to communicate to their human

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47Nw til that in 1993 Nike released a commercial featuring NBA star Charles Barkley, who’s message was basically that parents should be role models to their children, not basketball players.
xeRB TIL there are an estimated 7 northern white rhinoceros left in the world.
R7PE6 TIL that Pablo Escobar called off a hit on a man who had fatally shot a member of the Medellin Cartel when he found out that the shooter, Gianni Russo, had starred in The Godfather.
5Y9bR TIL That “Genuine” leather does not mean “real” leather and is instead a grade of quality, it also happens to be the lowest quality leather available.
jv9j TIL that on this day in 1964, 3 civil rights activists trying to get to get black voters registered to vote in Mississippi were murdered by the KKK. National outrage over their death helped spur support for the Civil Rights Act.