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TIL MRI of dog's brains show that they see owners as family and prioretize the smell of humans over everything

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0w9PL TIL that in Stalingrad during WW2, the average life expectancy of a Soviet soldier was 24 hours.
54Zk TIL that US ski jumper Anders Haugen finished 4th at the 1924 Olympics, when 50 years later a Norwegian historian discovered a scoring error was made and Haugen should have gotten the bronze medal, which was handed to him in Norway in 1974 by the daughter of the original bronze medal winner
rR4w1 TIL Mark Twain patented under his real name Samuel Clemens the “Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments” (ADSG) or “suspenders” in 1871
kyve TIL All new FBI agents are required to visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum
PxOE TIL that some people use live pigs to practice tattooing on. After the pigs die, one man sells their tattooed skin.