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TIL Dogs can see sadness in humans and often attempt to make their owners happy by initiating cuddling.

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R0pj TIL Velcro was named for the words “velvet” & “crochet” and was invented by a Swiss engineer
vPX14 TIL that during the Vietnam war there were 7 discharges, 17 AWOL cases, 2 disciplinary charges, 12 complains to congress and 18 non-judicial punishments in every 100 groups of soldiers, whilst one third report some form of consistent drug abuse
epRrb TIL the two periods of the day, a.m. and p.m., used for 12-hour time convention stand for “ante meridiem” and “post meridiem”, Latin for “before midday” and “after midday” respectively.
xaNB TIL that the government is putting the new Department of Homeland Security headquarters on a campus that had originally been established by Congress as the Government Hospital for the Insane.
G6M5 TIL: The Netherlands will pay for a disabled person to visit a sex worker up to 12 times a year.