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TIL that Domestic Horses Can Detect Negative Emotion in Human Facial Expressions

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YDWx TIL “microbeads” used in exfoliating soaps are actually made of plastic (and they are a major pollution problem)
XER0D TIL about the attempted hijacking of FedEx Flight 705 by a disgruntled employee who filled a guitar case filled with hammers and a spear gun. The captain (ex-Navy) performer extreme arial maneuvers while the first officer and engineer fended off the attacker. The plane landed safely and all survived
Ne7M TIL There is a small island in the US state of Virginia. Its in inhabitants speak the same language as its settlers in 1686-some linguists consider it the closest surviving accent to Shakespearean English
N7A7E TIL Andrew Lloyd Webber (the creator of successful musicals such as ‘Cats’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and many more) owns 7 theatres on the West End, has won an Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy and was knighted in 1992.
Y7yBv TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.