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TIL beware of the dog signs have been normal for 2.000 years

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mGVM TIL Chinchilla fur is so thick and soft that fleas will suffocate if they try to live there
BgB1r TIL the first mention of a double-nosed dog in the Amazon jungle was in 1913 by Percy Fawcet after an expedition there. But no one believed him & the dog remained a cryptozoological beast until the 2000s when John Blashford-Snell returned with photo evidence of the Double-Nosed Andean Tiger Hound.
kONPE TIL "jerry-rigged" is actually spelled "jury-rigged," from "jury" as in "temporary" and "rig" from its sailing origins.
VR68 TIL an orca from Seaworld named Kandu V, attempted to bite a newcomer ocra, but broke her own jaw and bled to death in front of thousands
DQ0OY TIL that the official residence of the UK Prime Minister, 10 Downing St, originally started out as being numbered 5 Downing St and was not renumbered until 1779.