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

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nrno TIL in 1998, violent Islamic terrorists bombed a Planet Hollywood in Capetown, killing 2 people and maiming others including a little girl who lost her leg. They did this in protest of the movie The Seige, which they felt protrayed them as violent Islamic terrorists.
EgYDP TIL how the United States declared the end of WWII, on September 2, 1945. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay with a fleet of almost 250 Allied vessels.
epW44 TIL that the most venomous snake in the world is not a sea snake but the Inland Taipan, from Australia.
p8mEZ TIL In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby. After five months of the transplant, the uterus showed no sign of rejection, ultrasound scans were normal, and the woman was menstruating regularly. The fertilised eggs were implanted.
9wYrQ TIL learned that the US has a series of caves stockpiling 1.4 BILLION pounds of surplus cheese.