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TIL that Davinder Singh of New Delhi, India broke a Guinness World Record in 2017 for typing fast with his nose, managing to type a 17-word English sentence in just over 40 seconds.

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69AKW TIL that the phrase "dog days of summer" is millennia old and refers to the star Alpha Canis Majoris (aka Sirius) appearing in the sky in July
JYQ8l TIL a dog was revealed in 1908 to be a fake hero. It was pushing children into the river Seine to rescue them and win beef steaks.
ZpG1p TIL About the "Glass Cliff": A phenomenon where women are more likely to achieve leadership roles in business and government during periods of crisis or downturn when the risk of failure is highest.
LkKgV TIL Despite passive and eating only termite and ant, the anteater capable of gutting jaguar and other predators in one slash.
gMRZ7 TIL most of Ringo Starr's art pieces are titled just because he had to give the files containing them names.