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TIL Scratching a dog’s ears activates major nerve centers and releases pain-killing endorphins. It is also an effective act of bonding between the owner and pet.

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x6LXg TIL that Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's full title was "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"
rRP71 TIL that US Navy Captain Mad Jack Percival holds the unique distinction that his first naval ship, HMS Victory, and his last, USS Constitution, still exist as the oldest commissioned warships and national shrines for their respective nations.
eppa6 TIL Hudson Bay and its shores are populated by more Beluga whales than people.
AoYo TIL David Cross said that working on the third installment of Alvin and the Chipmunks was “the most unpleasant experience of his professional life.”
QJwma TIL that Danish conceptual artist Kristian Hornsleth paid 340 people in a village in Uganda to change their first names to Hornsleth. He paid them by giving each one of them either a goat or a pig