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TIL Germans are forced to retire at a specific age

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759L TIL that dogs will sneeze before playing and during playing to let whoever/what know that they are simply playing. Dogs also mimic human expressions and yawn to empathetically yawn to bond with humans.
XEej8 TIL although iodine was added to table salt in the U.S. beginning in 1924 as an antidote to goiters caused by iodine deficiency, it had the unanticipated side effect of raising the national IQ by an average of 3.5 points.
ne5Jd TIL Japanese writer Kōbō Abe wrote surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society. His experiences in Manchuria deeply influenced his writing, imprinting terrors and fever dreams that became surrealist hallmarks of his works
epd5n TIL starting at age 17, Jahangir Khan of Pakistan won 555 consecutive squash matches over 5.5 years, the longest ever streak in any pro sport
ba0p TIL that the band Jet’s second album was rated a 0.0 out of 10 by Pitchfork magazine and in lieu of writing a review, a YouTube video of a monkey urinating into his own mouth was put up on their site.