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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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epRaD TIL 46 U.S. states allow you to use any name you want whenever you want as long as there is no fraud intended. Your consistent use of a preferred name is expected to build up unofficial records showing it. Changing your name through a court is only needed to force institutions to recognize a change.
R7rW8 TIL that originally squirrels only lived in forests, staying away from people, and were intentionally introduced into city parks, the first being Franklin Square in Philadelphia in 1847.
opPW TIL that DARPA has created a drug that eliminates sleepiness. When tested on monkeys with sleep deprivation, the drug made them cognitively alert as well-rested monkeys. With no apparent side affects.
bAA0 TIL: In the early days of the Space Shuttle program, NASA aimed for 60 launches a year. By the end, the average was only 6.
KOoWa TIL one of the first people to use the term "American Exceptionalism" was Stalin in 1929 when he argued that USA was not at all exceptional, and that it will eventually fall to revolution like any other nation.