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TIL: some 20% of women experience an acute pain called Mittelschmerz when they ovulate, being able to predict the exact moment of ovulation and from which ovary

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J1Oo4 TIL that dogs can get a type of autism called canine dysfunctional behaviour (CBD)
N7oee TIL Ancient romans used to sell their pee, to be turned into ammonia for a variety of uses. Vespasian imposed a tax on urine collection, and responding to those who found it disgusting, he coined the phrase "Pecunia non olet"(money doesn't stink)
PB9V TIL that a velociraptor was about the size of a big chicken.
d8L0j TIL that a Catalan nationalist tried to assassinate Alfonso XIII, once King of Spain. A hundred years later, those people are again in revolt.
ZpXMD TIL a Dutch hotel chef was sued by her colleagues after she baked a cannabis-infused space cake for a surprise. Several employees got violently ill from eating the cake, she was fined the equivalent of 800 dollars.