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TIL Dogs can laugh. Scientists in the field of gelotology (study of laughing) have been investigating since 1960 and found dogs can articulate laughter through vocalizations and body language.

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vQrL TIL Racism and ethnic discrimination is legal under South Korean law
V6V4 TIL that mathematician, George Price, proved the kindness doesn’t exist. However, he hated his equation so much he set out to prove it wrong by converting to Christianity, giving away all his belongings, and letting homeless sleep in his house. He failed and slashed his throat with scissors in 1975.
wLjN1 TIL a rodent that was said to have been extinct for 114 years showed up on the handrail at the front porch of a lodge in Columbia. It let researchers photograph it for two hours and then disappeared into the night and was never seen again.
R5lmQ TIL: The U.S. intelligence community actively monitored for decades the diplomatic and military communications of numerous Latin American nations through encryption machines supplied by a Swiss company that was secretly owned by the CIA.
lEPr TIL a British soldier once won the Victoria cross for attacking the enemy with beer bottles during the 1950 Korean war.