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TIL Paper fortune tellers have 5 other names

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ZpWaG TIL that 41% of American adults believe in ghosts.
rRbMW TIL that stray dogs in Russia have taught themselves to use subway to commute from one stop to another in search of food. This gives a peek into their evolution side, where they are getting smarter everyday because of the strive to survive in the unnatural environment cities provide.
woyaE TIL that the first American Recreational Vehicle (RV) Club was founded in 1919 and known as The Tin Can Tourists.
byNQ TIL the ‘Tetris Effect’, where a person devoting a large amount of time to a particular pattern-based activity will start unconsciously thinking and dreaming about it
wE8Y TIL Volkswagen was sued by Czechoslovakian car maker Tatra before WWII because the original Beetle was so similar to the Tatra T97. After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 the lawsuit was cancelled by the Nazis