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TIL that dogs can see their own farts

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R5xVa TIL After several previous attempts, the US finally completed the purchase of the US Virgin islands in 1917. The final push included prsssure from the sinking of the Lusitania and the US indicating they "might occupy" them to keep them out of Germany's hands.
6E0dw TIL the family of Dracula was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
wolD7 TIL It took 51 years and 3 amateurs to solve a particular cypher sent by the Zodiac Killer
4XBWR TIL that for 6 years after her death, the brothers of Joan of Arc passed off an imposter as their sister, claiming that she’d escaped death. They received lavish gifts and travelled from one festive reception to the next, until finally admitting their deception to the King of France.
J1OLk TIL that privacy self-management (i.e., the principle that people individually manage their privacy via notice and consent) is based on multiple "fundamentally wrong" assumptions.