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TIL When humans and dogs gaze into each other’s eyes both of their brains can excrete oxytocin, the only observed case between two different species

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rRORd TIL that Germany opened its Special Forces to women in 2001. Only one woman applied & she failed the requirements. As of 2016, no woman has passed the selection process.
8ea84 TIL that in addition to Little Boy and Fat Man the Manhattan project also worked on a design called "Thin Man". The project was shelved after it was found that plutonium isotope impurities would have likely caused it to blow itself apart prematurely.
rR1a1 TIL in 1965, 4 CIA employees were fired because they started a “free-for-all food fight in the cafeteria.”
kOJ1B TIL that 200 unemployed men walked 300 miles from Jarrow to London in order to hand in a petition and meet with the Prime Minister, and he refused to meet them.
X00r8 TIL Softkey, founded by Kevin O'Leary, purchased many of the "Edutainment" software companies in the 1990's, acquiring Carmen Sandiego, Oregon Trail, Number Crunchers, and other titles. With questionable business practices, they were considered the major player in the downfall of this sector