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TIL: Brain scans show that dogs are as conscious as human children

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l70Q5 TIL of the Crank Machine, a 19th Century device used in British prisons to keep prisoners occupied by turning sand within a sealed box. See also: the Penal Treadmill
PYDkJ TIL Vegemite, a food spread made of leftover brewery yeast, was banned in some Australian prisons to prevent inmates from making moonshine. Also, because Vegemite's high concentration of ions and water can be used to conduct electricity, it's currently being researched to make edible medical sensors
8e6Kb TIL that in 2012 a 15 year old girl in Pakistan was the target of an assassination attempt because of her Pro-Womens Education activism. In 2014 she would win a Nobel Peace Prize, making her the youngest ever Nobel laureate at 17.
GYK4J TIL a fed up Jet Blue flight attendant announced his resignation over the PA system upon landing. He then grabbed 2 beers from a beverage cart and exited by deploying the plane’s emergency slide.
KYMeE TIL: the first documented case of a moose eating their own feces (coprophagy) was documented in May 2018