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TIL wood can be friction welded

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rVYx TIL if two identical twins have children with another pair of identical twins, then their children are genetically not half-siblings, but full siblings.
6YMW TIL that in the 1966 film adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” the credits are spoken, not read, in keeping with the film’s theme of destruction of reading material.
1aVW TIL Tom Dempsey, a man born with a club foot (no toes) and kicked for the Saints - holds the 42 year old NFL field goal record of 63 yards. (It was tied today for the 3rd time by San Fran’s David Akers).
awQWL TIL about the remote island chain in the pacific called the Pitcairn Islands and how they have one settlement of about 50 people who are almost all decended from the mutineers of the HMS Bounty and the indiginous Tahitians the mutineers had with them.
E1QLW TIL it is likely that dog’s smile because they have observed humans doing it, and we condition them to smile by giving them treats and snuggles when they look happy. They’re basically brown-nosing us.