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TIL that 21 out of 29 dogs yawn too if a stranger yawns at them, but don’t if the stranger simply opens their mouth

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pYdNG TIL that a Pilot in 1990 was sucked out of the plane window for 20 minutes and survived.
KOYwa TIL of Keedoozle, the first automated grocery store. Opening in 1949, it was a store-sized vending machine and a precursor to the self-checkout lane.
Bg1vW TIL Oakum, tarred fibre used for caulking, was recycled from old tarred rope by prison labor. A man sentenced to hard labor would be expected to pick apart 6 pounds of rope into Oakum per day.
k6Y4 TIL that in 2004, employees of a Walmart in Jonquière, Quebec successfully unionized their local Walmart. 5 months later, Walmart shut down the store, claiming they did not approve of the “business plan” the store made.
kgLW TIL Meher Baba (an Indian spiritual master) didn’t speak for the last 44 years of his life