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TIL Left-handed people's brains are so different from right-handed that they are often excluded from many psychological research studies

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loBYr TIL of the horse Comanche, who was the lone survivor from his detachment at the Battle of Little Bighorn. He is one of only three horses in US history to be given full military honors at his funeral.
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