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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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69bxY TIL at the premiere for "Saving Private Ryan," while Mike Myers was still tearing up after the movie because his parents fought in World War II, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg pitched him "Shrek" and Myers thought “Well, that’s the worst fucking title I’ve ever heard in my life.”
xVlEk TIL Mosquitoes prefer O-type blood, people with high body heat, pregnant women and heavy breathers. Many of these reasons are because mosquitoes can sense carbon dioxide (CO2) from up to 100 feet away. Which is a reason why they circulate around our heads where we exhale CO2.
a8Bl0 TIL A plane in a holding pattern due to a severe weather ran out of fuel and crashed because of the crew's failure to be assertive with air traffic control
16pgW TIL about the Hessdalen lights: These are unexplained lights that have been observed in the Hessdalen valley in Norway since the 1940s. The lights appear as floating orbs and have been witnessed by thousands of people over the years.
epAL6 TIL Walt Disney just had one biological daughter, one adopted daughter, and no sons.