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TIL that the MRI of dogs’ brains show that they see their owners as family and prioritize the smell of humans over everything

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wpnE TIL Scientists have no clue how a species of seals found in Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea originated, as these are landlocked waters hundreds of miles away from the closest ocean.
OGx4Y TIL There's a Federal Railroad Administration which allows you to report when and where trains have blocked a crossing for unreasonable amounts of time.
7KVM TIL that in 2012, JC Penny implemented a “Fair and Square” policy that did away with sales prices and coupons that fool customers and instead priced everything at what it’s actually worth. Customers hated it, the CEO was fired, and the deceptive pricing was quickly reinstated.
b9KYQ TIL the German peasents war (1524-1525) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe. It failed because of intense opposition from the aristocracy, who slaughtered up to 100,000 of the 300,000 poorly armed peasants and farmers
m1JPo TIL that in a 2014 poll, U.S. southerners were evenly split on whether Kentucky was a southern state.