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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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PDWZ TIL North Carolina’s copy of the Bill of Rights, stolen by a Union soldier in 1865, was recovered by an FBI sting operation in 2003
b9lo4 TIL in 1998 a 23 year old man in Ohio choked to death on a live goldfish he tried to swallow on a dare. In response to if anyone would be charged for the man’s death, a police officer stated “If I dare you to jump off a bridge and you do it and you’re 23 years of age, you’re stupid.”
LkxDZ TIL The tuxedo is named after Tuxedo Park a Hudson valley enclave for NY Social elite. The first one was made for the prince of Wales (king Edward VII) by Henry Poole tailors in Savile Row.
oRmNo TIL that the phrase “Immaculate Conception” refers not to the belief that Mary became pregnant as a virgin, but to the belief that she was conceived without the “original sin” described in the book of Genesis that everyone else is born with.
5oaR TIL that Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional IRA, was elected to British Parliament while in prison. He was never seated and died after 66 days of hunger-striking.