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TIL dogs sneeze to communicate to other dogs that they’re not being aggressive

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nr7 TIL a man proposed to his girlfriend by contacting a level-developer to make a Portal 2 custom level that led into a wedding chapel in which Ellen McLain (the voice of GLaDOS) popped the question.
8mkK TIL that the retinas of Robins contains Cryptochrome, a protein which allows them to see magnetic fields. The magnetic fields are visualised as patterns of light and shade and perhaps colour, onto the visual imagery.
wLZ8 TIL: women started shaving their legs during WW2, not because it was “the norm” or for hygiene reasons, but because of a nylon shortage.
yDMw TIL that Kyle Bass bought $1,000,000 worth of nickels because the value of the metal in each coin was 6.8 cents, exceeded the face value of 5 cents
gXNW TIL that jurors can find a defendant “not guilty” regardless of evidence if they believe the law broken is unjust.