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TIL despite many people/companies saying otherwise, pores (in your skin) do not open or close.

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KAaJ TIL that the CIA operation to invade Cuba and take down Castro was called “Operation Castration”
Lkn89 TIL that a herd of wandering wild elephants have become celebrities in China as they make a 15 month, 500 km odyssey from their forest reserve. Rather than capture them, the Chinese support their migration via drone monitoring and corn and pineapple food deliveries
0wRRR TIL a service dog bit 911 into a cellphone after her owner collapsed from a seizure. She became the first canine recipient of the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award, given to someone who used a cell phone to save a life.
xVdD0 TIL that in 1968 the original London bridge was purchased by an American entrepreneur who shipped it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it now resides as a tourist destination (and functional Bridge)
dDE88 TIL No matter whose car I drive I will always know what side the gas tank is on.