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TIL 3M engineers inadvertently built a force field under a huge roll of fast moving tape strong enough to act like an impenetrable wall.

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eP0k TIL that dogs fur actually provides them with heat relief. Shaving them does not help them cool down.
5V5lk TIL that the Sphynx cat originated in Canada. The first naked cat born (on record), was in 1966 in Toronto, Ontario. The kitten's name was Prune.
d8bb9 TIL that based on the revenue total including revenue from movie tickets, home entertainment, video games, merchandise, and any other franchise-related products, Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time. Followed by Hello Kitty in second place and Winnie the Pooh third.
Br7dy TIL Bobby Dunbar was a 4 year old boy who disappeared in 1914. After 8 months, authorities found a boy who they believed was him. Bobby’s parents, after some initial reluctance, agreed. The boy was taken from his home and given to them. In 2004, DNA testing proved he wasn’t the real Bobby.
9Yw4G “It’s not as silly a question as you might think,” says Michael Moore, a marine-mammal research specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. “It would take some extraordinary circumstances, but any mammal can get rabies.”