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TIL daschunds look like they do because they were bred to hunt badgers and other animals that live in burrows

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4XVjg TIL that up until the late 1960s, all 250,000 bagels made daily in NYC were handmade by just 350 artisans who were members of the NYC Bagel Union
o8Eo TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with. On average, women walking together move the slowest, men slow down 7% when walking with female partners they’re interested in, and men walking with male friends move at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.
YpBEP TIL of “The Hum” in which a small percentage of people around the world can hear a constant low pitch hum-like noise.
e0EBE TIL of the improbable case of Phineas Gage, An American railroad worker who survived an accident where a metal bar went completely through his head
9wxvm TIL Musician Harry Nilsson, whose work took him away from home often, let friends and fellow musicians stay at his London apartment while he was on the road. Cass Elliott of The Mamas & The Papas died there on July 29, 1974. Four years later Keith Moon of The Who would die in the very same room.