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TIL that just like humans, dogs have an oil on their bodies that converts to vitamin d when exposed to the sun. Unlike humans dogs cannot absorb this oil, and must instead invest it via licking and grooming.

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QBXk TIL Illegally smuggling toilets out of Canada and into the United States is an actual thing. Toilets in Canada are 3.5gal per flush and we’re made illegal by the EPA for water conservation.
9LjG TIL Henry Johnson, a WWI veteran, saved his friend from over 20 German soldiers by himself by using his rifle as a club and then proceeding to attack the rest with his bolo knife.
M7RlB TIL that dogs rotate before lying down because turning in circles provides an opportunity to take one last look for potential predators and attacks before bedtime. It’s actually an inherited form of self-preservation and protection.
kdV5 TIL there is a metal band called Hatebeak whose lead singer is an African grey parrot.
Lko7d TIL Tentacles and arms are different and an octopus has 8 arms not tentacles