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TIL Dogs sneeze when playful so that rough playing doesn’t turn into a fight.

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NXr0Q TIL that Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school when they lived in the same French village.
DyAD TIL scientists believe that a large-scale nuclear war would result in what is commonly known as a “nuclear twilight”, a global winter-like climatic event that would potentially last decades or even centuries following the use of nuclear weaponry.
gxoX TIL, Russian Scientists discovered seeds 124 feet below permafros that an “Ice Age Squirrel” had buried, the seeds dated back 32,000 years old. They were successfully germinated and a year later created their own seeds.
Br6Ny TIL: The first British jet fighter, the Meteor, killed more British pilots in accidents (450) than the Germans did in the Battle of Britain (407).
4XpAX TIL dogs and cats can literally tear out their own intestines if you don't leave that cone on after they're spayed.