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TIL harmless bacteria called Pseudomonas and Proteus can make your dogs paws smell like popcorn and corn chips.

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m1JAx TIL the International Court of Justice could not conclusively decide whether a country may use nuclear weapons in self-defense if its survival is at stake.
8wmZ TIL in 1953, the City of Niagara Falls bought a plot of land called “Love Canal” for $1 from a chemical company that had used the area as a dump. Despite warnings from the company, a school was built on the land. From 1974–1978, 56% of children in the area were born with birth defects.
xVXg1 TIL Mississippi set a speed limit of 80 miles per hour on toll roads; there are no toll roads in Mississippi.
16ROW TIL That 4 months before the Rwandan genocide happened General Roméo Dallaire, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping forces warned the UN that a genocide could happen but they ignored him
P1abV TIL that dire wolves lived 9,500 years ago and were the size of large modern gray wolves, but with larger teeth and stronger biting ability. Their extinction is believed to have been caused by their reliance on megaherbivores as prey, climatic change, and competition from other species.