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TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity

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GA1aG TIL that according to a 2014 study, the least-remembered presidents are Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, and Franklin Pierce.
mxXJo TIL until 1970, United Airlines had ‘men only' flights featuring complimentary cigars, cocktails and a full-course steak dinner in the exclusive company of other men (besides the stewardesses, of course).
wmbE TIL Ryan built the car he used in Drive. The director said, “Ryan wanted to build his own car. So the car, the Malibu, the old gray car he drives around, he built himself. He took it apart and put it back together.”
YpbM7 TIL that after the introduction of Chlorpromazine, the first ever antipsychotic, psychiatric hospitalization went down from 560,000 to 193,000 twenty years later.
EgDxo TIL Older people can come to believe their own lies. New research shows that within an hour of telling a falsehood, seniors may think it's the truth. Reposted as I messed up the title