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TIL that in Roman mythology Cupid shot Apollo with an arrow and he fell in love with this chick Daphne but she wasn't into it so she turned herself into a tree. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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vwO4 TIL in 2007 a Doberman Pinscher named Khan saved a baby girl from a deadly King Brown snake attack. At first the dog tried nudging the baby from danger. As the snake was about to strike, Khan grabbed the girl by the diaper, flung her to safety and took a venomous bite to the paw himself.
69AOY TIL that AI-Generated Artwork Sold for $432,500 at Auction, Blurring Lines Between Creativity and Technology
nWj5d TIL The US Postal Service had an unofficial mascot, Owey the dog, who was a welcome addition in any railway post office; he was a faithful guardian of railway mail and the bags it was carried in, and would not allow anyone other than mail clerks to touch the bags
e0exL TIL that owls have serrations on the edge of their flight feathers, allowing an owl's flight to be practically silent. Some fish-eating owls, for which silence has no evolutionary advantage, lack this adaptation.
VB664 TIL: Former Red Ranger, from Power Rangers : Wild Force, is in jail over murdering his roommate with a sword. The argument involved his girlfriend.