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TIL of "Happy Tail Syndrome." This condition occurs when particularly happy and boisterous dogs manage to damage the end of their tail through excessive wagging which causes it to bang repeatedly against hard household features like walls and doors.

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e0pN6 Today I learned of Sergeant Reckless, a War Horse who served during the Korean War and was responsible for resupplying multiple frontline units 51 times in a single day in 1953.
G7n7 TIL that sociologist Diana C. Mutz discovered in her 2006 book Hearing the Other Side, those with the highest levels of education had the lowest exposure to people with conflicting points of view, while those who have not graduated from high school can claim the most diverse discussion mates.’
MeLZV TIL the idea that redheads as a recessive gene will cease to be born is a myth.
EPAP TIL that Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia (and drugs) as did her husband a year later. The cause of this coincidence is unknown but is believed to be due to the mold of the house they live in.
nejvb TIL that tongue twister 'she sells seashells by the seashore' is about a real girl named Mary Anning. She also happened to be one of the very first people to discover a massive dinosaur fossil, which she did at age 12 while looking for seashells to sell by the seashore.