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TIL no species of cat can both purr and roar

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R77r7 TIL There is an Indian village named "Piplantri", which celebrates the birth of every girl child. by planting 111 trees.
1aGW4 TIL that deaf people who speak ASL (???????? Sign Language) are unable to understand those who speak BANZSL (???????? + ???????? + ????????). There is only a 31% overlap between the two languages, meaning that even though their respective countries speak English, their deaf communities are unable to communicate.
MenA0 TIL the Appalachian mountains in N America and the mountains of Greenland, Ireland, Scotland and Scandinavia are all one chain
MeVlB TIL President Ulysses S Grant was given a speeding ticket for driving his buggy “at a furious pace” through the streets of D.C.
0wQ51 TIL that the excretion of estrogen from contraceptive pills can cause high hormonal concentrations in rivers. A study done on British rivers claims that these concentrations strongly correlate to the incidence and severity of intersex wild fish populations.