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TIL baby puffins are called "pufflings".

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J1n9v TIL The Mosuo (a Chinese ethnic group) believe that long ago, dogs had life spans of 60 years and humans had life spans of 13 years, and humans traded their life span with the dogs in exchange for honouring them. During the adulthood initiation rites, adolescents pray before the family dogs
neMpW TIL 17-year-old JFK was admitted to Harvard with a 5-sentence-long essay.
xVKWb TIL that weeks before the end of World War II a group of Russian school children presented a wood replica of the Great Seal of the U.S. to the American ambassador. Hanged up in a study in the ambassador’s residence, it contained a listening device that went undiscovered for 7 years.
Meaka TIL: Min horses are used as blind guides. They have a very wide range of vision, with a range of nearly 350 degrees. Horses are the only guide animals capable of independent eye movement and they can track potential danger with each eye. Horses can see clearly in almost total darkness.
BpVD TIL Tommy Chong used to be in a band called Four Niggers and a Chink.