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TIL Dogs Have 13 Different Blood Types and Can Contain Different Combinations Of Each. Transfusion is Considered a “Freebie” and Doesn’t Have To Match Their Specific Blood Type.

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xVbG5 TIL that scammers wore a realistic silicone mask and impersonated a prominent public figure via video chat in order to steal €80m (£70m; $90m) from French CEOs and other wealthy victims. The fake figure said he needed the money to make secret payments to hostage takers.
lokBK TIL The cockroach can live without food for one month and 45 minutes without air; if we tear off cockroach head, it can live another 7 days because most of the nerve cells are located in cockroach abdomen. They are about five times more resistant to radiation than humans.
1VkX TIL that work on the first commercial home video game console began in 1966. There was a working prototype completed by 1968, and it was released in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey.
BVMe TIL that the antonym of cleave is cleave
p8Wb4 TIL that upon losing his leg to a cannonball during the Battle of Waterloo, Lord Uxbridge turned to the Duke of Wellington and exclaimed, "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!" The Duke of Wellington simply replied "By God, sir, so you have!"