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TIL certain dogs will nip at your heel due to its built in herding traits to bring your group together

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kJY1d TIL the Tea Act that provoked the Boston Tea Party actually reduced prices for US colonists.
xQN1 TIL Noah Webster wanted “women” spelled like “wimmen” and “tongue” spelled like “tung”.
LQbV9 TIL the used car dealership that berated and tried to get a pizza delivery guy fired for a $7 tip was forced to pay $450k to customers for defective and unsafe vehicles.
lPDA TIL As part of their final test, fugu chefs have to eat the fugu that they cut in the exam.
ADaKo TIL about the Tinkerbell effect that states “things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.” There is also a reverse Tinkerbell effect. It pertains to everything from religion to politics.