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TIL Pomeranian dogs love to spin. When they get super excited they enter a spinning spree, not unlike a tornado. They don’t get dizzy and can spin an incredible amount of times in rapid succession.

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neVO7 TIL The famous painting of a dog looking down a gramophone funnel, used as a logo by various companies, was inspired by the artists dog, Nipper. He inherited the animal from his dead brother, and noted that Nipper would look down a gramophone when a recording of his dead owner’s voice was played.
LkXld TIL of Ruthie Tompson, one of the original animators for Disney's Snow White, is still alive at age 107. She's the seventh oldest person in the world.
KOybQ TIL The Qing Dynasty of China killed an estimated 80% of the Buddhist Mongols living in what is now Xinjiang, and then resettled the area with Muslim Uyghurs in 1757.
1am8W TIL about Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, born in 1745. He was the first Black composer of the classical era, conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, and a champion fencer. He has been referred to as “Black Mozart”
MeR1W TIL that Nintendo pushed usage of the term "game console" so people would stop calling products from other manufacturers "Nintendos", otherwise they would have risked losing their trademark.