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TIL that people tend to like dogs more than cats because dogs have evolved to have expressive eyebrows and are easier to ‘read’

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ZpaZ4 TIL that Jerry Garcia is playing the steel guitar on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1970 hit, "Teach Your Children." He did it in exchange for them helping the Grateful Dead improve their vocal harmony.
9YO46 TIL that Edmund Ironside was allegedly stabbed whilst on a toilet, by an assassin hiding in the pit beneath. The assassin escaped after leaving the weapon fixed in Edmund's bowels
XAwE TIL at position 9,202,591 in pi, you will find Jenny’s telephone number 867-5309.
1avX7 TIL of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a medical disorder in which people with total blindness or impaired vision can suddenly hallucinate entire scenes in vivid color as if they were seeing normally, these episodes can last for a few minutes and can even reoccur for years
a8M8L TIL about the Zeitpyramide. An almost ten meter high pyramide being built with a rate of one brick every ten years in the German town Wembing. The construction was undertaken i 1993 and is scheduled for completion in the year 3183.