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TIL that bully sticks, a popular, healthy and safe chew for dogs, are literally dried bull penises.

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16ZQV TIL: In 2019, a lawyer and a software developer brute force copyrighted every possible melody and entered them into public domain to insulate musicians from ‘stolen melody’ lawsuits.
VMlOp TIL about the Italian Unabomber, who placed tiny explosive devices inside everyday objects, including tomato sauce, a Nutella jar, and an egg, in public spaces in parts of Italy. Numerous people, including children, lost fingers and limbs. The bomber operated from 1994 to 2006 and remains unknown.
bmdp TIL Dolly Parton co-owns one of the production companies that produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Eo17 TIL Stone Age Europeans are thought to have created brief “gifs”, by drawing two versions of an image, one over the other, on cave walls. The flickering of a torch light would “animate” the image
dDVxZ TIL Type A personality theory had early association with the smoking industry, who funded researchers in hopes of proving it was personality that lead to heart disease, not tobacco use.