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TIL many dogs die around Easter and Christmas because they are given chocolate treats which are lethal due to the presence of theobromine and caffeine.

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xVpE1 TIL 90% of the profits of the O.J. Simpson book 'If I did it" went to Fred Goldman, Ron Goldman's father. Goldman had sued Simpson in a wrongful death civil suit and was awarded $33.5 million, which had gone unpaid. In 2007, a judge awarded the rights to the book to the Goldman family as payment.
0wBNA TIL that unlike chimpanzees, bonobo societies are relatively peaceful, with squabbles rarely escalating to serious violence. Female bonobos spend their time together in the center of the group, grooming, eating and socializing. Often, two females will embrace and rub their genitals together
5YeL9 TIL the term ''Nickelodeon'' was used for early movie theaters that cost 5¢ to enter. An ''odeon'' was any building used for live entertainment in ancient Greece and Rome.
wNWE TIL that it is possible to drain the Mediterranean sea by closing the Gibraltar straight. This was the idea behind Hermann Sörgel’s Atlantropa project - the plan to create Lebensraum in a European-African supercontinent.
DQ5QP TIL every person on the Air Force One is charged for whatever food and drinks they consume, including White House staff traveling on official business — must personally cover the cost of them. The price of food on Air Force One varies depending on the length of the flight and what’s served.