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TIL that Reuters routinely fact checks headlines from social media and debunks false claims with openly available news sources.

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Wkv48 TIL that some dogs have period cramps
p8O98 TIL Michael Phelps' lungs can store twice as much oxygen compared to the average person
Lknkp TIL in 2010 a gunman took people hostage inside the Discovery Channel HQ. His reasoning was because he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.
rNAJx TIL that despite being part of the British Commonwealth, Canada never cared about cricket because it was seen as a sport geared toward snobby British people, as well as how the popularity of baseball spread quicker in Canada before cricket had a chance.
R7ko6 TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."