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TIL ‘Genius dogs’ can learn names of more than 100 toys, study finds

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mxKdv TIL there is a controversial murder defence called the 'rough sex murder defence', or '50 Shades defence', which asserts that the victim consented or even demanded sexual practices that led to the homicide.
OGBpR TIL that the scythe was pretty much unknown to farmers in India and was only introduced widely in this century. They were using mostly sickles.
ADOgn TIL that 'meme' the word was coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene to explain how cultural information spreads. The internet meme is just a subset of the same concept.
GBeN TIL a father once jumped off a 100 foot bridge holding his 2 toddler sons after getting into an argument with their mother. The father was killed on impact, BOTH boys survived.
JYOnQ TIL you had a 20% survival chance as a man on the Titanic, but 75% as a woman