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TIL that Newfoundland dogs have webbed paws!

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BrA6x TIL Unlike male chimpanzees, male bonobos do not experience a strong rise in testosterone during puberty
wLkPM TIL that when a whale dies in cold waters, its body falls to the ocean floor creating its own ecosystem which can last for decades.
Egpkd TIL that in 1844, the Provisional Government of Oregon banned all black people from the Oregon Country. Though rendered legally void upon the enactment of Amendment 14 to the US Constitution in 1868, the ban technically remained on the statute books until 1926.
LQ060 TIL of the Order of the Solar Temple, a New Age cult that claimed to be founded on the ideals of the Knights Templar. In 1994, they were responsible for the death of a 3 month old baby in Quebec; some time after, many members committed mass suicide in France, Switzerland and Canada.
7rXab TIL there is a cavernous 40-foot tall basement underneath the Lincoln Memorial excavated during its construction. At one point it was open to the public, before being closed after asbestos was found by a tourist. As recently as 2017, it was proposed the basement should be converted to a museum.