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TIL Dogs’ brains have gotten larger and they’ve have gotten smarter relative to cats largely because dogs are more social.

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5YNmn TIL more Americans died in motor vehicle accidents in 1937 (37,819 fatalities) then in 2018 (36,560 fatalities).
XEdE TIL that 10 years ago an eight-year-old boy had his arm bitten off by a shark. His uncle got mad and grabbed the 7-foot-long shark and dragged it to shore. The shark was killed, the arm removed from it’s stomach, and reattached to the boy, who made a full recovery.
5Vndp TiL the little red-haired girl, Charlie Brown's crush, was based off a woman that Charles Schulz courted who ultimately married a different suitor. Schulz described it as an "emotionally damaging" event. "What a bitter blow that is. A blow to everything that you are."
OQrL TIL there is a 500-year-old statue of a man eating a sack of babies in Bern, Switzerland, and nobody is sure why.
KYo0R TIL Roy Benavidez, armed with a knife, went to assist a 12 man SF team who were surrounded by 1,000 NVA soldiers, and provided cover fire . After the battle he was evacuated, having 37 bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds, was presumed dead, and placed in a body bag, but was later found to be alive.