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TIL dogs drink water by using the back of their tongue to scoop it up

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4XXeJ TIL the Soviets invaded Japan after they conquered Berlin and took an area bigger than France in half the time it took Germany to (3 weeks vs 6), and that the nukes were only half the reason Japan surrendered, this was the other half.
6E9xY TIL of a form of medieval torture, where the victims feet were covered in salt water and then a goat would start licking them. Sometimes the laughter and stress from the intense tickling resulted in a heart attack or a brain hemorrhage.
M7KRb TIL Mauritania didn’t abolish slavery until 1981. Laws were only passed to enforce the ban, after international pressure in 2007.
pYZpN TIL a colony of wild chicken have been living under the Hollywood Freeway for over 50 years
411X TIL of two twins separated at birth. Both were named James by their families, married and divorced women named Linda, remarried to women named Betty, had sons named James Allan and James Alan, and dogs named Toy.