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TIL when dogs get the “Zoomies”, it’s known as Frenetic Random Activity Periods, or FRAPS, which is pent up energy.

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gMRJL TIL that the concept of the "double negative" does not exist in every language and in many languages, including Portuguese, French, Russian, Greek, Spanish, Old English and Italian, the use of multiple negatives serves to intensify rather than cancel out a previous negative.
nWGvW TIL there were more than 100 reported cases of Human Sacrifice in India between 2014 and 2021.
XE4PR TIL The African Lungfish has the ability to survive outside of water for up to a year.
AB9g TIL of Chlorine-trifluoride, a substance so unstable it sets seemingly inflammable objects like concrete on fire. In the 1950’s, some was accidentally spilled in a warehouse and burned through a foot of concrete while simultaneously releasing a deadly cloud of gas that corroded anything it touched.
PYbxL TIL about Boston Corbett, "Lincoln's Avenger". He tracked down and killed John Wilkes Booth, but was arrested for disobeying orders. He was later released, deemed both a "national hero" and "insane" and eventually faded into mysterious whereabouts. It is not known what became of him.