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TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.

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YbWA TIL when his teammate died on the pitch due to cardiac arrest, Italian footballer Antonio Di Natale took financial responsibility of his disabled sister as his teammate was her only living relative left.
1ldW TIL that close to 1800 studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to see the effects of public opinion on policies. The study showed that American public opinion has 0 to negligible effect on policies. But corporate donor effect had a direct correlation to policies.
xQ77 TIL that in 1932, 15,000 World War I veterans set up camp throughout Washington DC to force Congress to immediately pay their bonus. They were forcibly removed by tanks and cavalry.
O7bL TIL The first “picture” of Halley’s comet can be seen on the Bayeux tapestry which was possibly completed in 1077
nLgB TIL Seth MacFarlane once had to show an early episode of Family Guy to a pair of Rabbis because Fox execs thought it was anti-Semitic. Despite the Rabbi’s approval, it wasn’t broadcast for 3 years after it was completed.