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TIL: Dogs don't have digestive enzymes in their saliva, nor can they chew side to side. Their jaws only allow for up-and-down movement because their diet doesn’t need as much chewing as ours does.

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kNLB TIL that in 1986, when a five year old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness, a male gorilla named Jambo stood between the boy and the other gorillas in a protective gesture, he even stroke the boy’s back. This incident helped create a positive public perception of gorillas.
QNXAk TIL that in 2022 SpaceX's Falcon family rockets flew 62 times, accounting for over 3/4ths of American orbital launches(87) and nearly 1/3rd of global launches(187)
BgM1d TIL that the odds against Buster Douglas were 42:1, on the night in February 1990 that he KO’ed Mike Tyson.
JYOOl TIL one of the medically sound ways to test for a pinworm infection is the ‘scotch tape test’ where the patient's asshole is taped over then [the tape is] removed to check for eggs.
VMyg0 TIL Pablo Picasso worked up until the day he died at age 91; literally painting till 3 am on Sunday, April 8th, which was just hours before his death. His last well known self-portriat was done a little less than a year before his death, entitled Self Portrait Facing Death