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TIL That dogs actually can determine whether or not a person is trustworthy.

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ep6WE TIL Caravaggio, pioneer of baroque art, had an extensive criminal record, most of it related to brawls and physical assault. He went on the run after being sentenced to beheading for murder, at which point his paintings repeatedly feautured severed heads, often his own
dEdZ TIL that sheep commit mass suicide, the largest recorded instance was in 2005, in Turkey where 1,500 sheep followed each other over the edge of a cliff resulting in 450 deaths and approximately $100,000 in losses to the families who owned the sheeps
rmKy TIL the existence of MI6, the agency with which James Bond works, wasn’t officially acknowledged by the British government until 1994
lVBG TIL in 1826, Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism) was brought before a Chenango County court for “glass-looking”, or pretending to find lost treasure.
rR5dw TIL of Thomas Francis Meagher, born 1823. He was an Irish nationalist, got exiled to Tasmania, escaped to New York, visited Costa Rica, fought in the Civil War, became governor of Montana, and died when he fell off a boat at age 43.