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TIL A cat’s meow is custom tailored for its owner and is rarely used for communication with other cats.

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pdyZ TIL explosive decompression BLEW THE TOP OFF a Hawaiian airliner. They were able to land the plane, and only one person was killed.
vPBp8 TIL: Abraham Lincoln told his biographer, friend, and law partner of 18 years, William Hearndon, how he had been infected with syphilis in 1835 or 1836 (by a prostitute). Hearndon, believing both Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln had syphilis, suspected it in the premature death of 3 Lincoln children
j6QVN TIL an average-sized 1 km3 cumulus cloud (the white fluffy ones) weighs approx. 551 tons or 1.1 million pounds. They float because the surrounding dry air is denser than the cloud.
JY0V TIL in Germany they teach kids how to hide a boner…on TV!
690x8 TIL Flappy Bird, released in May 2013, became a sleeper hit in early 2014, and by the end of January, it was the most downloaded free game on the iOS App Store, earning $50,000 a day. However, the developer soon removed it, citing guilt over "the game's addictive nature and overuse."