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TIL the ridges on the roof of a dog's mouth help them to lap up water

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M7ogK TIL in the eighties in Japan there was a story-writing contest open to the public for a new Godzilla movie. It was won by a dentist and his story was made into the 1989 film 'Godzilla vs. Biollante'
p8yQZ TIL that because Taco Bell is not well known outside the United States, the movie Demolition Man has every spoken/graphic mention of "Taco Bell" removed and replaced with "Pizza Hut" for international releases.
GYG7N TIL, the Pacific Northwest is woefully unprepared for an earthquake and subsequent tsunami that would follow a quake in the Cascadia Subduction zone. The average time elapsed between quakes is 243 years. We are at currently at year 315 since the last quake. Everything west of I5 will be gone.
8aBjP TIL that in the UK you are legally required to stop if you run over a dog, but not a cat.
DQeje TIL that before Julia Child became a world renowned chef, she was a research assistant for Secret Intelligence in WWII. In the precursor to the CIA, she helped develop a shark repellant for life vests and mines that is still used today.