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TIL Dogs can sense weak thermal radiation with their noses

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oKpY TIL a common prank in the 1800s involved putting the end of a thread from a spool through a clothes seam and getting unsuspecting strangers to try to pull out what they think is a loose thread. The spool unwound as they pulled, and the prankster enjoyed a jolly good laugh.
VMOXQ TIL that the Beatle’s song Blackbird is about a black woman during the civil rights era.
XbpP TIL about thirteen-year-old Yoko Moriwaki the “Japanese Anne Frank,” who kept a diary about her life during WWII. She was killed by the atomic bomb in her home town of Hiroshima and her diary was later published by her brother.
OoXDg TIL: Vietnam has an island in the South China Sea with military bases, civilians, and tourism for locals, called Spratly Island, the main island in the infamous chain.
Y76B7 TIL South Africa Was Banned From the Olympics For 32 Years Due to Apartheid