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TIL that reggae and soft rock can relieve stress in dogs, likely because the rhythm reminds them of their mother's heartbeat.

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RRm6 TIl that more Falklands veterans have committed suicide since the war than were killed during it.
ne5DG TIL in the 2000 paralympics, the Spanish team in basketball-ID consisted of fully functional semi-pros. They won gold by a landslide but where discovered because one of the players was an undercover journalist investigating fraud comitted by the president of the Spanish Disabled Sports Federation.
KOyDQ TIL that in ancient Rome, giving fellatio was seen as a disgusting, shameful act, while receiving it wasn't. So sometimes petty crimes were solved by punishing the criminal through forcing him/her to perform fellatio on the victim of the crime, instead of taking the case to court.
5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.
BrGwk TIL "Blowing smoke up someone's ass" refers to the medical practice of a tobacco enema