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TIL Komodo Dragons will dig up human remains and eat them.

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p8QNQ TIL in World War II, U.S. Navy ship accidentally got in proximity with the Japanese ship, Someone decided to throw potatoes in panic. Japanese thought they were grenades and they threw it back which resulted in a potato fight. While they were distracted, the U.S. successfully sunk the enemy ship.
rNyed TIL that the company responsible for the Nokia ringtone was founded by Thomas Dolby.
e0OVg TIL to never use laser pointers to play with your dog. It causes frustration (triggering the dog's prey drive but does not give closure), and can cause anxiety, confusion, and neurotic and obsessive-compulsive behaviors including becoming reactive to flashes of light and moving shadows.
p4Ep TIL that when The Beatles were at a British Embassy reception in Washington D.C., someone cut off a lock of Ringo’s hair as a souvenier. Ringo told an interviewer, “These diplomats just don’t know how to behave.”
b9L77 TIL the oldest company in the world has been operating since 578 AD