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TIL Every time a dog sees it’s owner, its brain secretes those same chemicals as our brains when we are in love.

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OXn1 TIL Singapore’s Founding Father, Lee Kuan Yew, considered air-conditioning one of the most important inventions in history. “It changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without air conditioning you can work only in the cool early-morning hours or at dusk.”
rRAax TIL that, in 1922, Nikola Tesla imagined that his favorite pigeon told him that she was dying. When she actually did shortly after, he said that "something went out of his life and he knew his life's work was finished".
nxLo TIL of the ACLU “Bust Card” - a simple English-written brochure outlining your rights in case you’re stopped by the police, FBI or ICE.
8ayEK TIL that when female rabbits think they're pregnant they pull their fur out and make a nest.
kO5Eg TIL that in 1992, a 53 year-old woman Geraldine Wesolowski who was postmenopasual gave birth to her own grandson. She was the gestational surrogate for her son and his wife since they couldn't conceive a baby due to hysterectomy