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TIL There is an entire line of music called relaxmycat that is specially designed to put cats to sleep/calm them and it actually works! (Link to their youtube channel)

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JYkLv TIL that the former CEO of Coca-Cola, Roberto Goizueta, was the first person to become a billionaire by being an employee and not a company founder (or heir).
gWPD TIL: During WWII, a Polish Army Captain VOLUNTEERED to enter Auschwitz in order to get info, then escaped with info about the camp, which was given to the allies. After the war, he was tortured and executed by the new Communist regime
kr5W TIL Buddhist monks with advanced meditative practice have higher gamma frequencies than average people (brain waves associated with intelligence, compassion, self-control, and happiness)
KOm7Q TIL that the Taiwanese Parliament is notorious for having brawls during Legislative Sessions. I also just learned that this is called Legislative Violence and is not at all too uncommon when the Legislature are dealing with divisive issues and tight votes.
gM8Gy TIL American accents are more homogeneous than British accents. There are fewer distinct dialects in the US than in the UK