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TIL that dogs can detect oncoming seizures/epileptic fits by smelling the odour molecules released by the human body before a seizure/fit occurs

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epE4 TIL that the Honest Ed’s dollar store in Toronto keeps two professional sign painters on staff to hand-paint dozens of signs every day to advertise the store’s specials.
Mel87 TIL that the most mass a planet can have is ~10-13x the mass of Jupiter. After this point, it's own sheer gravity begins to cause nuclear fusion and the body is classified as a brown dwarf (also called a failed star).
KY9PE TIL the most expensive single scene shot on the entire run of The Office was Jim & Pam's proposal scene which cost $250,000 and lasted 52 seconds. The gas station set was built in about nine days in a parking lot. It had a four lane racetrack around it with 35 precision drivers on it.
mxKQP TIL that Vera Lynn, famous for “We’ll Meet Again” and immortalized in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, outlived the writer of her New York Times obituary by 4 years.
awdWA TIL that when you drink too much grape soda it can make your poop green.