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TIL 92% of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels have skull malformations that squish part of their brain into their spinal column.

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pYxZN TIL that the word "commonwealth" is is an English transliteration of Latin "respublica" which in turn is the root word of the word "republic", as well as the Polish transliterated "Rzeczpospolita"
J1rN4 TIL that in 1792, the U.S. Mint produced the 'Silver Center Cent,' a coin featuring a small silver plug at its center to adjust its weight and value. This innovative design was inspired by Thomas Paine's proposal to create a coin with a one-cent value without making it excessively heavy.
eAOL TIL the heat a spacecraft faces on reentry isn’t generated by simple friction but rather by ram pressure - the fast-moving shuttle compresses the air in front of it, forming a massive shock zone in which air molecules ionize and break apart.
P6Zg TIL there’s a sixth extinction event which is still ongoing and mostly caused by the arrival of humans
ZpZED TIL Deaf people each have unique “name signs” given by a friend or family member, and per the culture only a deaf person can give a hearing person their own special name sign