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TIL that adopting two puppies from the same litter can be detrimental to the puppies and their ability to bond with their owner; this is referred to as “littermate syndrome.”

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Ypv47 TIL 442nd Infantry Regiment which comprised of 2nd Gen Japanese Americans is the most decorated unit in US military history.
OBGg TIL in the 1st edition of The Hobbit, Gollum willingly bets Bilbo his ring on the outcome of the riddle-game, parting ways amicably. Tolkien changed this to fit The Lord of the Rings. Explaining the original account as a lie made up by Bilbo with subsequent editions containing the “true” account.
YGx TIL in Germany there exists the Waldkindergarten: preschools held entirely outdoors in a forest, regardless of weather conditions
KOl1R TIL figs are considered an animal product by many vegans. Female wasps crawl into figs, lay their eggs and die. The mother wasp is enzymatically digested by the fig.
w1dJ TIL that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the first manuscript of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in three days, and then after his wife’s criticism, burned it and rewrote it again in three days.