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TIL that Dogs’ facial expressions are not just random face movements. These facial expressions are actually tools to communicate with their owners. According to the study, the researchers inched toward the conclusion that dogs are smiling at us.

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grON8 TIL since only five triple rainbows had been reported to science in the previous 250 years, many scientists had written them off as myths. The first photographic proof of a triple rainbow did not appear in a scholarly publication until 2011.
w987 TIL Raccoons are very agile tree climbers and do not mind climbing or falling from elevations as high as 40 feet (12 meters).Raccoons have bad eyesight and are color blind, but have great hearing and a great sense of smell.
0jeA TIL a man was once accidentally released from prison 90 years early due to clerical error. He then started building his life by getting a job, getting married, having kids, coaching youth soccer, being active in his church. Authorities realized the mistake 6 years later and sent him back to prison.
OGaOX TIL that in 1959, the Art Gallery of Ontario crowdfunded the purchase of a Tintoretto, allowing people to "buy" a square inch of the painting for $10
xYRD TIL the last Nuremberg Rally intended to be held by Germany in 1939 was given the name “Rally of Peace”, to reiterate the German desire for peace, but it was cancelled at short notice because one day before the planned date, on September 1, Germany began its military offensive against Poland