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

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Br8wD TIL some lawmakers want to change Kazakhstan's name. The most recent suggestion was "Kazakh Republic" (Kazakhstan's original name) for the upcoming 100th anniversary of independence. They argue "stan" countries get confused and the change would create a unique identity for foreign interest.
KY6Aa TIL American Billionaire Andrew Carnegie Offered To Buy The Philippines’ Freedom from US Colonization For $20 Million
rNlZo TIL the Avianca airplane crash of 1990 was caused in part due to the pilots not declaring a fuel emergency to the aircraft controllers. They never actually use the word "emergency," so they flew around in holding patterns and eventually ran out of fuel
vNnK TIL King Gustav III of Sweden commissioned an experiment to prove coffee was poisonous. Overseen by two doctors, a prisoner was forced to drink three pots of coffee a day until he died. Both doctors and the King died before the prisoner.
4kLXw Today I learned that in Germany and Scandinavia, the musical note B natural is called H, while B flat is just called B.