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TIL that dogs can be left or right handed and the preferences are more evenly distributed than in humans.

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yVOMV TIL of the lost civilization of Tartessos in modern Spain, who's language is unclassified. The location is unknown but is thought to have been near a giant estuary that turned into the Guadalquivir Marshes. Some to speculate Tartessos to be the biblical Tarshish or even Atlantis.
x6ENo TIL the man who eats practically only Big Macs featured in ‘Supersize me’ has a problem with his tastebuds and often doesn’t even taste the sandwiches
4XdLg TIL in 1984 an 8 year old girl with sickle cell disease developed acute myeloid leukemia. To treat the cancer, the doctors gave her chemo and a stem cell transplant from her sibling. Not only did this cure her cancer, but it cured her SCD too. She remains disease free nearly three decades later.
x68O0 TIL that Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been fined $456 million for fixing the prices of washing powder in 8 European countries in 2011. The fines were reduced by 10% after the 2 industry giants admitted to organizing a cartel. Their rival Henkel, who provided the tip-off, wasn't fined in return
NXA9E TIL that for training purposes and to avoid the risk of creating political tensions with actual countries, the U.S. Army has created over 20 incredibly detailed and intricate fictional nations, all including maps, flags, populations, etc. Each one is the "counterpart" of an actual nation.