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TIL Cats can recognise their own name. But unlike dogs, they're just not as keen to show their owners what they've learned.

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OOX TIL Jackie Chan not only voiced the leading male role in the Chinese version of “Mulan” but also preformed the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You.”
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