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TIL that some dogs that fail seeing-eye school go to work as bomb-sniffers for the ATF

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J1lnv TIL about Lion City, an ancient underwater city in China that’s about 1,400 years old. It was purposely flooded in 1959 to create a hydroelectric dam and rediscovered in 2001 in excellent condition, with preserved homes, temple structures, paved roads, and even wood.
94ND TIL deep in Africa there are accounts of people seeing dinosaur-like creatures that resembles a Brachiosaurus or Apatosaurus. The locals call it Mokèlé-mbèmbé and there have been several documented expeditions to find it from as early as 1776 to as late as 2012.
Pj0Z TIL that the difference between jelly and jam is that jelly is made from fruit juice while jam is made from crushed fruit.
599Q TIL that for the first time since 1967, new Tom and Jerry shorts are being produced on Cartoon Network.
PYNnn TIL one of the twin boys on "Everybody Loves Raymond" committed suicide when he was 19.