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TIL that trained dogs can help plumbers by sniffing out water leaks

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jP4R Today I Learned that Steve Gunderson was the only Republican to vote against DOMA in 1996, and he was the first openly gay Republican in the US House
4ZkJ TIL there was once a plan to flood below sea level areas of the Sahara, creating large inland seas that would bring humid air, rain and agriculture deep into the desert.
KJY9 TIL that German journalists have a word, “widow shaking” for the practice of aggressively getting sob story material from relatives of disaster or crime victims.
jNdxM TIL that mushroom therapy is now being used to help treat depression, known for rebooting the brain and creating new connections. (2018)
bXOE TIL China allows its state-owned tobacco company to sponsor elementary schools. In exchange, the company gets to subject children to pro-tobacco messages intended to cultivate young smokers.