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TIL Do you feel bored? Press the bored button!
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kObEE
TIL that dogs can make 100 different facial expressions and most of them are made with their ears and they are aware that eye contact with a human signals a level of trust and comfort.
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TIL of Jean Lanfray, a labourer who murdered his wife and children in a drunken rage in Switzerland in 1905. His murders were blamed solely on the influence of absinthe, despite the fact that he’d drunk many other alcoholic beverages. It set off a moral panic, and Switzerland soon banned absinthe.
kJB0d
TIL that Brad Whitford, rhythm guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith, was forced to miss the first month of the band's 2009 summer tour due to surgery. Whitford suffered internal bleeding after banging his head while getting out of his Ferrari.
8anA4
TIL that the Ancient Greek "Lego" means to gather, pick up, collect and bind. But the brand name LEGO is a portmanteau of the unrelated Danish phrase “leg godt”, which means “play well”.
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TIL The largest recorded snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide, and 8 inches thick.