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TIL of Basenji dogs, a dog breed that doesn't bark.

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mxVER TIL Fire hydrants are colored differently because of different water pressures.
x69lb TIL about 'Blue Peacocks,' where the British military tried to deter Soviet aggression using a nuclear landmine and almost used chickens to detonate it.
6EoYZ TIL the Hassenfeld brothers, Herman, Hillel, and Henry, started by selling pencils and later invented G.I. Joe. When they specialized in producing toys, including Mr. Potato Head, the company was renamed "Hasbro."
0wWb1 TIL 'Acquired tastes' are, in fact, real: we are psychologically conditioned to prefer sensations we have experienced before, even if it wasn't pleasant.
pYM4e TIL there’s a philosophy that believes humans shouldn’t procreate and should eventually go extinct and it’s called antinatalism