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TIL that constantly day dreaming and using it to distract from the real world is an actual mental illness called maladaptive daydreaming.

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l7p65 TIL that George Washington created a dog breed - the American Foxhound
oZ4E TIL Anyone in the US Military system can send classified evidence of wrongdoing to their congressional representative if reporting it up their chain of command fails to produce results
4X8kb TIL the Aztec language “Nahuatl” was also spoken throughout the American Southwest. From it are derived words like “Coyote” and “Peyote”. It’s still spoken in much of Mexico.
6EMeJ TIL about the "multi-dog experiment". In 1968, Demikhov transplanted a puppy’s head onto the neck of another dog. It was the first "two body-one circulation" system. This taboo experiment which was criticized a lot became the founding principle of the modern heart and lung transplant we have today.
D10wY TIL President LBJ thought Nixon's back-channel communications to S.Vietnam government were treasonous (Nixon secretly told the S.Vietnamese to stop the Vietnam War peace talks with President LBJ, and wait until Nixon gets elected to get a "better deal".)