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TIL Dogs look at owners while they poop because they know they are vulnerable and want you to warn/protect them if there is trouble!

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R5mN4 TIL The cost of raising a child in China is 3.3 times more expensive than raising a child in Australia, making it the second highest in the world, which helps to explain why DINK couples are growing in the country.
PMZL TIL that during Passover, Coca-Cola sells coke with sugar instead of corn syrup in areas with a substantial Jewish population because corn syrup isn’t kosher. Keep an eye out for coke bottles with a yellow cap.
w4n8 TIL F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone was arraigned by a German court after a large share acquisition by F1’s holding company. He was permitted, legally, to pay $100m to have the case dropped. His charge? Bribery.
d8l8Q TIL the NASA Voyager probes that are currently exploring interstellar space have the computing power of a standard key fob. Science is amazing.
Y7KAB TIL about the St. Patrick's Battalion, a unit in the Mexican American war on the Mexican side. Made up largely of Irish Catholics, it contained a number of other Catholics from around Europe, and elsewhere, as well. Led by Irishman John Riley, the unit had ~700 men at its height.