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TIL that the current Pope declared that not only can dogs go to heaven, but all dogs do. WHOSE A GOOD BOY!? All of them, apparently!

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l7Yja TIL Sports floors are always made of maple wood due to its high shock resistance - it allows the floor to respond to foot traffic by bouncing back, thus helping to reduce damage and fatigue in the athletes' joints, the shock resistance also contributes to the bounce of the ball
WmyL TIL that Jackie Chan’s first movie appearance, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), was considered to be a lost film, as no known copies of the film existed. However, this was not the case, as on February 3rd, 2016, the entire movie was suddenly uploaded to YouTube.
Anvx TIL in 1996 the ‘Titanic’ crew accidentally ate PCP spiked clam chowder
9YRlM TIL Omni Magazine was an influential publication that ran from 1978 to 1995. Created by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and wife Kathy Keeton, it featured interviews with scientists such as Freeman Dyson, art from H.R. Giger and Chris Foss, and original fiction from authors such as Isaac Asimov
VBRVk TIL that a company call Biology Resource Center used body parts of donated loved ones to create Frankenstein like builds and sold them for profit