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5Vwy8 TIL Tom Cochrane, a Canadian rock artist, released a solo of his song “big leagues” in honour of the Humboldt broncos bus crash that killed 16 people from the team. The original song from 1988 and told the story of a parent whose son earned a scholarship with a US team before dying in a car crash.
VMR5G TIL surgically cropping a dog's ears or docking its tail can artificially alter the way dogs communicate with other dogs and humans. These procedures can have a significant impact on how dogs communicate and interact for the rest of their lives.
nealP TIL that actor Adam Devine was almost killed by a cement truck as a child and had to relearn how to walk over the course of several years
P1m0J TIL a New Haven colonist was accused of bestiality in 1647 when a neighborhood sow gave birth to piglets that allegedly resembled him. Called "the most interesting buggery case" ever, it left an enduring mark in the history of capital punishment.
p8nYe TIL: Alan Shepard pulled out a makeshift six-iron he smuggled on board Apollo 14 and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface, becoming the first -- and only -- person to play golf anywhere other than Earth.