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TIL A Poodle's distinct grooming serves a historical purpose of keeping them warm but also serves to not overburden them with excess weight in the event that they got wet

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Z8AEv TIL in 2016, a 155-year-old mousetrap kept on display in a museum in Berkshire caught a mouse.
nLkY TIL that Norway has something called ‘folkehøyskole’ aka 'people’s college’ where you pay $70,000 a year to live on the school’s property, go to classes of your choice of no academic value, have no exams and take trips to different locations through the year.It’s basically a year-long summercamp.
W7gb9 TIL In 2018, a Killer whale named Tahlequah, known to researchers as J35, grieved over her dead calf by carrying it across the ocean for 17 days and over 1,000 miles, refusing to let it sink.
xl8b TIL that the word “pupil” meaning the part of the eye, comes from the latin word for doll (pupa / pupilla) since you can see a miniature version of yourself when looking into someones eyes.
Y5kP TIL German and Swedish passports are the most powerful passports in the world. The least powerful is from Afghanistan.