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TIL By the 1970's the black footed ferret was declared extinct, only for a dog to bring one home to its owners in 1981 in Wyoming, allowing conservationists to find the last remaining popualtion.

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E1yJd TIL that there's a hand gestures in Italian that means "scared" and it's where you pinch all your fingers together and open them a bit and it's supposed to represent your butt contracting when you get scared.
Q6rk TIL alcohol is a banned substance in competitive shooting because a small amount can relax a competitor and slow their heart rate without impairing reaction time and motor skills.
9YXAr TIL that in 2012, an Indian nurse looking after the Duchess of Cambridge was prank called by an Australian radio station pretending to be the Queen. This led to her revealing confidential information which was then broadcast on the radio. 3 days later, she committed suicide by hanging.
x6JyD TIL that in the US the average housing square footage per person between 1920 and 2014 went from 242 to 1023 sq.ft per person. That's a fourfold increase.
E1vJW TIL: Einstein reportedly didn't want his brain studied post-mortem; nonetheless, the autopsy doctor took the brain without family permission. It took around 20 years for the public to learn just how much of the "specimen" remained with that doctor.