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TIL the Hawaiian island of Kauai encourages tourists to check a dog out of shelters for a day as part of a field trip for dogs program. Having the dogs out and about gives them exercise and increases their chances of getting adopted by a local.

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PYZ4n TIL How a Worm Gave the South a Bad Name, between 1865 and 1910, 40 percent of the South's population suffered from hookworms. Thousands of worms could live in a person at one time. These parasites and the constant bloodsucking made an infected person pale, tired and slow, leading to stunted growth.
JYla1 TIL about the Carthusian Martyrs. These men refused to accept Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church in England and were brutally killed because of it. The English authorities under Thomas Cromwell killed and harrassed the Carthusians until they were finally able to loot their monastery.
ANEww TIL Macklemore & Ryan Lewis stirred debate when they won all 3 rap categories (Album, Song, Performance) at the 2014 Grammys after the Grammy rap committee rejected the duo, but were later overruled by the general Grammy committee. The rap committee felt the duo should qualify for pop awards instead
pVe TIL that you would have to walk the full length of a football field just to burn off one plain M&M candy.
nWBdB TIL the Pearl Jam song "Alive" written by Eddie Vedder is loosely based on the fact that he learned the man who he thought was his real father was actually his stepfather and his biological father had already passed away.