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TIL that dogs have evolved to participate in the oxytocin loop with us, the gaze-affected hormone responsible for bonding in human relationships, particularly with babies.

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4kO65 TIL that there are at least 5 species of shark living in the Thames estuary (which runs through London), and that one of those species is venomous.
L45v TIL Guy Fieri officiated 101 same-sex marriages in Florida
epZOk TIL that IBM, a company well-known for the IBM PC which became an industry standard personal computer in the 80s, also manufactured M1918 Browning automatic rifles during WWII.
pg4N TIL that after the publication of 1984, George Orwell sent a copy to his high school French teacher, Aldous Huxley, who responded with a letter commending the book and contrasting it with his own Brave New World.
R5V67 TIL in 1842, PT Barnum, a.k.a The Great Showman, showed off a "Fiji Mermaid". Barnum insisted it was an authentic skeleton from a mermaid, but on his death bed, admitted what folks saw was the skeleton of a monkey torso and fishtail sewed together made by Japanese sailors in 1822