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TIL that domesticated and wild dogs scavenge human remains in different ways: pet dogs tend to eat their owners' faces, while wild dogs prefer to eat the nutrient rich organs located in the abdomen.

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9eNM TIL that in the ocean there exists biotic cleaning stations, where fish will go to be serviced by certain species of fish and shrimp who remove dead skin and parasites.
ejak TIL that the US uses less water now than it did in 1970
Op04 TIL that in WW1, due to the kilts worn by the Scottish soldiers on the battlefront, their German enemies called them the “ladies from hell”.
XErEE TIL that after Usain Bolt broke the 100 m world record at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the mayor of Berlin awarded him a 12 foot long, 6000 pound piece of the Berlin Wall. Bolt accepted and it is now housed at the Jamaica Military Museum.
K4Q6 TIL colonists in Jamestown resorted to eating a 14 year old girl during a particularly harsh winter known as the “Starving Time.”