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TIL cats in the US are said to have 9 lives whereas in Germany and southern Europe they only have 7 lives…while the poor cats in Arabian countries are even only said to have 6 lives.

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JYkw1 TIL that wood ants practice chemistry, and will synthesize an antibiotic substance using tree resin and formic acid to protect the health of their colony. It is considered to be the most advanced act of evolutionary pharmacology seen in the animal kingdom
V9K8 TIL that the shortest scientific paper published, “The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer’s block”, was written by Dennis Upper and published in 1974. It contains no text except for the title.
YpNjx TIL Gorillas hum happy songs when they eat. “And if it’s their favourite food, they sing louder.”
wj8 TIL in 2008 a Texas schoolgirl was thrown off the cheerleading team for refusing to cheer “put it in” for a football player who raped her.
wO5Y TIL Michael Cera’s first role with lines was in a Pilsbury Doughboy Commercial