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TIL of the dog suicide bridge in Scotland. Reportedly dozens have either fallen, or jumped to their deaths since the 1950's.

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kRW4 TIL The original inventor of LEGO used to “spend the whole of every Wednesday in a different nursery school, sitting on the floor and playing with the children, to find out exactly what type of toys would be of the greatest interest to them.”
78Vgp TIL that a shrimps heart is located in its HEAD :O
l7NZN TIL that the origin of the term 'the real McCoy' was applied to the rum provided by William McCoy, because he was the only one who sold unadulterated alcohol during the Prohibition in the US
yVe1V TIL The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in a US Court
VZLB TIL there’s a team of NASA scientists who’ve been pretending they’re on Mars for nearly a year. They live and work in a dome on the side of a Hawaiian volcano and only go out in spacesuits.