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TIL anthropomorphism is defined as the tendency to attribute human forms, behaviors, and emotions to non-human animals or objects.

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eAB5 TIL after the closure of North American airspace on Sept. 11, 2001, a small Canadian town had its population nearly doubled when 7,000 passengers were forced to land. The small community provided food, clothing, and prescriptions free of charge to all of the stranded passengers.
LQBmv TIL Whalebone corsets were not made of bone, but of baleen, a whale's filter plate.
P115e TIL in 1775 South Carolina had a Northern part and Southern part with Georgia right in the middle.
a8rdo TIL the first email was sent in 1971, almost two decades before the World Wide Web existed
awY0A TIL of Sombra, drug detection dog of the Colombian Nat'l Police. She's led to over 200 arrests & seizure of at least 9 tons of illicit drugs. Police upped security for Sombra after the cartel Los Urabeños (aka Gulf Clan) put a bounty on her head. Reports on price for her murder varied from $7K-$70K.