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TIL: Some landfills get turned into parks.

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759L TIL that dogs will sneeze before playing and during playing to let whoever/what know that they are simply playing. Dogs also mimic human expressions and yawn to empathetically yawn to bond with humans.
9YAP6 TIL long-time professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who debuted in the MLB at the age of 42, would sometimes instruct his infielders to sit down behind him, and then he would strike out the next three batters.
KObPG TIL: A chemical previously used in microwave popcorn bags caused “popcorn lung” a cancer mainly affecting workers inhaling diacetyl in microwave popcorn factories.
X6dX TIL that Harlech Castle in Wales was the sight of the longest siege in the history of the British Isles, where Lancastrian forces held out against Yorkist forces for 7 years.
W7wV4 [TIL] Sack of Mecca is when the city of Mecca was raided during the Hajj by a claimant to the title Mahdi (Messiah like individual)