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TIL that while dogs may not pass the traditional mirror test, they do pass a "smell mirror" test, suggesting they understand the concept of 'self'.

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AGGB TIL during World War II American factory workers produced more than twice their German counterparts and had four times the output of Japanese workers prompting industrialist Donald Douglas to observe, “Here’s proof that free men can out-produce slaves.”
OGPxX TIL when drummer Eric Carr joined Kiss in 1980, his original choice for a stage name was Rusty Blade, before Gene Simmons talked him out of it
NXdGN TIL Sloth babies usually survive if they lose their grip on their mom and fall but sometimes, the mother sloth doesn’t want to go on the ground to pick the baby up because she'd risk being seen by predators.
yQAgM TIL that in 1907, Alfredo Di Lilio invented the modern dish, Fettuccine Alfredo, to entice his pregnant wife.
epNbL TIL chainsaws were invented for childbirth.