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TIL there are shackles at the feet of Lady Liberty

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LkPY9 TIL that Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make expressions that particularly appeal to humans. The study says such "puppy eyes" helped domesticated dogs to bond with humans.
OoPvX TIL in 1820, 94% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%.
mJrY TIL humans have a tendency to find meaningful patterns in meaningless data.
d8n09 TIL that according to historical accounts, cats liking fish -that isn't part of their main diet and they can't catch themselves- comes from the fact that ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats by offering them fish.
gMxyy TIL of the Chinese classical poem “The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den” which manages to tell a weird but completely grammatical and coherent tale using only the word “shi” 92 times in a row.