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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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YpMAA TIL that two men from Indiana were wrongfully convicted in a 1996 armed robbery because of a false statement from an informant who had sex with the lead detective who set them up. 20 years later, they were found innocent and one of them received $4.9 Million settlement.
AD54B TIL that being grumpy and bad-tempered leads to more money, let’s you live a longer life and makes a better marriage
gMpND TIL in 1998, a married couple was left behind during a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Two days passed before anyone realized what had happened. Despite a 5-day search, the couple was never found. A dive slate was later recovered which read "... rescue us before we die..."
epjKn TIL that prior to the 20th century, scholars in Korea, China, and Vietnam could all easily communicate with each other in writing because everyone used Literary Chinese. However, they wouldn't have been able to talk to each other in person because each country pronounced the characters differently.
MeavV TIL the Grateful Dead briefly toured with a PA system called the Wall Of Sound that consisted of six hundred and four speakers, channelling twenty-six thousand watts of power. It has been called “the greatest vessel for the amplification of sound in history”.