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TIL There is a bridge in Scotland where dogs are known to commit suicide. In the past fifty years, over fifty dogs have visited the bridge and leapt to their death. It remains a mystery today.

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MX8a TIL a stray dog in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.
WkWKN TIL that in 1972, two grad students at MIT invented Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy, a technique for transferring spin orientation from one atomic nucleus to another. Yes, they chose this name specifically for the acronym.
Lk4nd TIL after collaborating on the intervention of the atomic bomb, the US promised they would share all of their research with the UK, as the UK had done so. However, the US lost the signed agreement and went back on its word. This meant the UK was the only country to invent nuclear weapons twice.
OoDO4 TIL: Astronauts left their poop on the moon. They threw out the garbage thinking everything would be sanitized by the solar radiation. Scientists don't know if the microbes in the feces are still alive, but future moon missions will investigate that.
0wYKv TIL in 1995, MCA released an alternative rock album of songs from classic cartoons such as Banana Splits, Speed Racer, Scooby-Doo, and Jetsons. Artists included Liz Phair, Collective Soul, Butthole Surfers, Sublime, Violent Femmes, and others. It was certified Gold, sold over 500k, and charted #67