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TIL petting a dog can lower your blood pressure.

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LQOkr TIL weather apps are notorious for their data collection practices. AccuWeather, for example, has been caught sending location data without permission, even with location sharing off. It also collects information from sensors on your device, which includes gyroscopes, accelerometers, and altimeters.
gr1Ob TIL that Trace Adkins cut off his own pinky while trying to open a bucket with a knife; he had doctors put it on at an angle so he could still play guitar. (Also in a separate incident his second ex-wife shot him through his heart and lungs, somehow he survived)
MeMOV TIL of a Japanese sweet snack called "English toast", which is neither English nor toast. It consists of two slices of white bread, covered with a layer of margarine, sprinkled with sugar and put together.
Eg8ZX TIL the "OMG" cosmic ray was (probably) a proton travelling at 99.99999999999999999999951% of the speed of light. It would take 215,000 years for a photon to gain a 1 centimeter lead on this proton.
78axr TIL that the mascot of the city of Hidalgo, TX is a 10-foot high, 24-foot-long killer bee statue. It was erected in 1992 to commemorate Hidalgo as the first American city to be invaded by an aggressive strain of African bees that resulted in public panic. The bees were initially released in Brazil.