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TIL dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing

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4GPJ TIL Dandelion is called that because it used to be called “dent-de-lioun” - “tooth of the lion” because of the shape of the leaf, NOT the flower’s resemblance to the mane.
p88gG TIL that most above ground power lines have "Shield Wires" which are meant to ground lightning strikes or discharges from other lines
PYg0E TIL a man was saved by not ordering Domino’s pizza. After 7 years of ordering everyday, the lack of an order got the store worried. Delivery driver stopped by his house to find him “crying for help.”
ANOp7 TIL about a Cervical cerclage. It is a treatment for cervical weakness, when the cervix starts to shorten and open too early during a pregnancy causing either a late miscarriage or preterm birth.
XEdYE TIL in 2008, a woman who had been missing for 24 years was discovered to be locked up against her will in her father's basement for all those years. In a prison interview, the father said: "Just look into the cellars of other people, you might find other families and other girls down there."