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TIL that Researchers have found that dogs have evolved muscles around their eyes, which allow them to make expressions that particularly appeal to humans. The study says such "puppy eyes" helped domesticated dogs to bond with humans.

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GNpQ TIL during the Vietnam War, Soldiers asked Bicycle Playing Cards for packs of cards containing nothing but the famous Ace of Spades, As the superstitious Viet Cong were frighted and often fled at the sight of the card.
b69ZN TIL that some of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums varied from bizarre albums like The Shaggs' Philosophy Of The World, to underground experimental rock like the Young God EP by Swans, to endearing outsider music like Yip/Jump Music by Daniel Johnston(RIP)
P1y9G TIL of Ian Waterman, who was unable to move or even sit up after a rare infection destroyed his sixth sense (proprioception). While he could still compel his muscles to contract, he lost the ability to coordinate his movements, only relearning to move after years of training to use his body.
5YK5n TIL there’s a real genetic disorder called Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) that causes symptomatic carriers to be unable to feel pain. They also can’t feel temperature or produce a sweat, causing 20% with the condition to die before age 3 due to overheating.
QJX6X TIL White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt was fatally shot while protecting President Truman in an assassination attempt, but managed to kill his attacker with a headshot from 30 feet away before dying.