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TIL of Euthyphro dilemma, found in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, in which Socrates asks Euthyphro, "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" "The gods" refer to the Greek pantheon.

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ADkBd TIL in 1935 a recently-captured shark vomited up a tatooed human arm. When a medical examination of the arm revealed it had not been bitten off by the shark but had been removed from its body in a non-surgical procedure, the focus of the investigation turned to murder.
p4Z8 TIL that the US had a 5 cent paper note, but it was discontinued after it was found that the head of the Bureau of Currency had put his own picture on the front.
X9vD TIL that dogs tilt their heads when a human speaks to them because they’re trying to identify the words, locate their source and see the speaker better
D1Qxp TIL there are 20 airports in Antarctica
Wle9 TIL that critics complained that Daler Mehndi’s music was only popular due to his videos that featured beautiful women dancing. Mehndi’s response was to create a video that featured only himself. The music video was the first made in India using greenscreen technology.