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TIL dogs know when you smile at them

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OGnE6 TIL: Turtle ant soldiers are tree-dwelling insects with strangely oversized heads, which they use to block the entrances of their nests, essentially acting as living doors.
wywM TIL Canada has specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.
yQABl TIL that the phrase "Keep calm and carry on" was originally coined by the British in 1939 to boost the morale of the public in preparation of mass air attacks on cities during WW2. A copy of the original poster was discovered in 2000, and since then, it has become trending once more.
RGY6 TIL Shakespeare’s name is spelt differently in all six of his known signatures, and none of them is spelt ‘William Shakespeare’.
M7jbV TIL the entire planet’s Rare-Earth Metals market in 2023 was under US$6 billion, far less than $500 billion in “rare earths”.