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TIL Dogs are the most variable mammal on earth, with over 360 artificially selected dog breeds.

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b69A0 TIL Plankton can refer to microscopic organisms that live in the air as well as the ocean
Xb8Q TIL There is a genre of videogames in Japan called Kusoge which translates to “shit games” where games are either poor quality or made intentionally shitty and funny:
xVYx0 TIL of Neith, a hypothetical moon that may have orbited around Venus. Originally spotted by Giovanni Cassini in the 1670s, the object hasn't been seen since the 1770s.
l7lWK TIL that the Ohio River at Cincinnati has been as shallow as ~ 2 feet, in 1881, and has a record crest of 80 feet, in 1937.
QNML6 TIL that in 1992, on a background of high inflation and poor productivity, the British Pound collapsed, costing the UK Government 3.4B Pounds and forcing withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.