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TIL Affirmative Action is referred to as “Positive Discrimination” in the UK

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Zpa1v TIL that domestic dogs have developed muscles in there brow to "mimic" humans
9wPp6 TIL the tendency of teens to be night owls and the elderly to be early birds is an evolutionary safety feature, so at least one person is awake at almost all times
Z89v TIL lemmings don’t commit suicide by jumping off of cliffs and this myth comes from Disney staging the whole thing.
AGMl TIL Bill Murray was arrested in 1970 because he was trying to smuggle 10 lbs of cannabis.
exVb TIL the Proboscis monkey’s Malay name means Dutch Monkey because locals remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.