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TIL: About "domestication syndrome". Only elephants have floppy ears in the wild. Dogs, rabbits, foxes, pigs, sheep, goats, etc have floppy ears only when domesticated.

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DQw9Y TIL:A study by the University of Chicago found that laughing gas is useful in treating depression, with the same effects as ketamine therapy in low doses. Subjects were divided into 3 groups, high dose, low dose, and placebo. High dose led to more side effects and low dose made them sleepy.
Y71dZ TIL in 1969 Ted Conrad embezzled $215,000 from a bank in Ohio & proceeded to evade capture for the remaining 51 years of his life. He became 'Thomas Randele' & settled in Massachusetts. Described by authorities as a deathbed confession, in 2021 he told his wife & daughter who he was & what he did.
69RvZ TIL that the second largest nuclear spill in world history happened in the U.S. in Navajo Nation
WLNY TIL: A woman was raised by monkeys after being kidnapped and abandoned in jungle when she was 4
kwae TIL that sounds can still be heard in space despite the lack of air. Radio waves exist, emitted by planetary bodies, that can be detected by the human ear. NASA released audio files demonstrating this.