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TIL that anatomically dogs have two arms and two legs - not four legs; the front legs (arms) have wrist joints and are connected to the skeleton by muscle and the back legs have hip joints and knee caps.

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grxM8 TIL Many leaders of the Chinese movement to overthrow the Qing Dynasty were educated in Japan and received Japanese support. Miyazaki Toten introduced Sun Yat-sen to Japanese politicians who wanted China to become a strong nation and helped establish the Tongmenghui which led to Republic of China
6EEJ7 We know diamonds are the hardest, but determining the softest stuff on the planet is complicated.
xVKJk TIL that Terry Pratchett's daughter, Rhianna Pratchett, is a video game writer responsible for stories like BioShock Infinite, Mirror's Edge, the new Tomb Raider series and Overlord.
XEJbQ TIL That actor Kirk Douglas once tried to commit suicide after his stroke, by shooting himself through the mouth. However, the gun hit a tooth, and it hurt so much that he stopped completely. He was then so amused that toothache had stopped him from killing himself, that he decided to live.
6E9Rm TIL of the Muscadins, "mobs of young men, relatively well-off and dressed in a dandyish manner;" Parisian street fighters who suppressed the remnants of the Reign of Terror.