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TIL Dogs can be allergic to humans

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yxdM TIL that great white sharks are able to detect electromagnetic fields emitted by movement of animals, they are so sensitive that they can detect variations up to a billionth of a volt. At close range this allows them to hear heartbeats.
R7Goa TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.
M7K8m TIL People around the world are ingesting as much as 5 g – or a credit card’s worth – of microplastics a week.
Bn6L TIL that there is currently only one known person in the world who was born in the 1800s: 116 year old Emma Morano
vvvD TIL When an airplane is at a precise angle between the sun and a bank of clouds, a circular rainbow known as a “Pilot’s Halo” forms around its shadow on the cloud bank.