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TIL of Argos, Odysseus’s dog in the works of Homer. After 20 years of waiting for Odysseus to return home, the dog is the only one to recognize him, he wags his tail and Odysseus sheds a tear, and Argos dies after meeting him one last time.

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665Y TIL Pope Innocent VIII was given the blood of 3 young boys while in a coma in an attempt to save his life. All four died.
MeAx8 TIL Americans work more than any other major countries — 137 hours per year more than Japanese, 260 per year more than the UK, and 500 hours per year more than France.
4XZwN TIL in 1981 Miyamoto created the characters Mario, Peach, and Donkey Kong because of problems securing rights for Popeye, Olice Oyl, and Bluto.
xnx5 TIL that in 1996 small town Spanish Fork, Utah accidentally booked a Rage Against the Machine concert and citizens promptly lost their shit. “I’m concerned there might be a riot or something. It kind of scares me, that’s why I’m getting out of here,”
4XmAg TIL that the brain displays a similar pattern of chaotic activity during meditation as it does during the psychedelic experience. The findings, published in the journal Neuroscience, indicate that meditation is associated with increased brain entropy