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TIL 22 people have died at the Yellowstone hot springs, including one man who dove in head first trying to rescue his dog after it jumped into a 202-degree pool.

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PYXxe TIL languages have different conversational representation for barking dogs.
0QbL TIL that in the early years of baseball, it was common for players to go in the stands and assault heckling fans. Ty Cobb once attacked a handicapped man for calling him a “half-nigger.” Fans shouted at him to stop because the man had no hands, he reportedly retorted “I don’t care if he got no feet”
G7XQ TIL Today is really America’s independence day. July 2, 1776 was the day the United States declared independence from Great Britain. John Adams wrote a letter to his wife saying “the Second of July, 1776, will be the most memorable in the history of America.”
ADNWa The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size! This "tablecloth" is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space. In this week’s Today I Learned, neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.
w9Go TIL In 2016 a Neo-Nazi on trial in the UK for racism towards a black mother and her children told the judge she’s “a bit of a cunt” to which the judge replied, “you are a bit of a cunt yourself”