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University researchers trained sheep to recognise famous people, including Barack Obama and Fiona Bruce.

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wLop1 TIL of Giordano_Bruno, who was the first person outside of ancient Greece to postulate that the sun was just another star and that other stars likely had their own planets. In 1600 he was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for heresy.
dE5r TIL of Gerald Mellin committed suicide by tying one end of a rope to a tree and putting the other end around his neck, he then drove away from the tree in his Aston Martin. He was decapitated.
VMbV4 TIL people really do have a "type" when it comes to romantic attraction. According to a study, 50% of people’s preferences for faces is unique to them, and who we find attractive is most strongly influenced by our life experiences.
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