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TIL that dogs are capable of expressing laughter, and the sound of this laughter can serve to alleviate anxiety in dog shelters.

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jAYM TIL that high-fiber diets work to lower your cholesterol in a roundabout way: by interfering with bile absorption in the intestines. Because the bile can’t get absorbed as well, the bile gets flushed out with your poop, and so the body makes more bile salts, using cholesterol as fuel.
Go7E TIL a man called “Paz” snuck into Paris Hilton’s 30th birthday party, stole her $3200 red velvet cake, and gave it away to the homeless of Los Angeles.
Z8kNG Til that killer whales are such apex predators they hunt and kill terrestrial mammals such as moose and deer, When swimming between islands in North America
VBXbD TIL that during the Mexican-American War, nearly 90 percent of US Army deaths were due to infectious diseases, the highest of any US conflict
wLAOE TIL that researchers and archeologists found the skeleton of Richard III, king of England in the 1400’s and the main character of a Shakespearean play titled “Richard III”. The king was rumored to have severe scoliosis and to have a withered arm.