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TIL dogs don't always bark at people through fences or windows out of aggression, but rather something known as 'barrier frustration' where they are annoyed they can't go up and say hello.

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8ewXa TIL Bram Stoker (of Dracula fame) also wrote a collection of children's stories. Critics of the time called them "morbid"
OoaAg TIL that in languages where spelling is highly phonetic (e.g. Italian) often lack an equivalent verb for "to spell". To clarify, one will often ask "how is it written?" and the response will be a careful pronunciation of the word, since this is sufficient to spell it.
R5w41 TIL In December, the USA became 386,000 sq. miles bigger below the sea's surface. America's extended continental shelf (the shallow waters around its coast) has increased in seven areas.
ekPE TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
9w4G6 TIL The Sopranos was first called The Family Man