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TIL about the “Groom of the Stool”, a high ranking position in court that would handle the king’s shit.

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Oo6kL TIL dogs have musical tastes. The Scottish SPCA and University of Glasgow monitored dogs' heartrates while playing different kinds of music and found that most dogs "prefer reggae and soft rock," though each individual dog also had its own preferences.
GAWLJ TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews are at most 30th cousins because of a genetic bottleneck about 700 years ago.
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