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TIL There are more than 150 dog breeds, divided into 8 classes: sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, non-sporting, herding, and miscellaneous

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JYNXm TIL Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt developed a card-based method for promoting creativity and brainstorming called "Oblique Strategies," which would give generic aphorisms/instructions to apply to any creative process
gMGRL TIL A group of Yemeni fishermen hit the jackpot when they found a floating whale carcass in February 2021, containing a lump of ambergris worth more than US$1.5 million. Also known as “floating gold”, ambergris is a rare substance found only in the belly of sperm whales and is used to make perfume.
Movm TIL a man pain under $3 at a thrift store for a “fake” copy of the Delcaration of Independence, turns out to be an original. 36th original copy found out of 200, and sold for half a million dollars.
LkDy0 TIL of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was charged and executed in 2004 for allegedly setting his house on fire to murder his 3 children in 1991. All the evidence against him was debunked by experts in fire investigations a few years later.
xbwk TIL that Tesla Motors not only operates a network of super fast chargers for theirs cars that operate solely off solar power, but they also promise that it will be free forever to tesla owners.