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woxN7 TIL of the New Guinea Singing Dog, a breed of dog native to the mountains of Papua that don't bark. Instead, they make "yodeling" noises. It is also the closest relative to the Australian Dingo.
gM8KW TIL Sign language users experience "tip of the finger" just like how English speakers experience "tip of the tongue".
M77PA TIL Florida attempted to build an artifical reef out of old tires which unintentionally caused a massive ecological disaster
Z8LaR TIL that Ed Camull, co-founder of Pixar and former president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, had Aphantasia - a mental condition which meant he could not voluntarily visualize mental imagery. He had no visual imagination.
Rr49 TIL that the CIA turned a blind eye to cocaine trafficking, but the reporter who discovered it was fired and harassed by most newspapers