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TIL Horses Have More Facial Expressions Than Chimpanzees

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7rWBM TIL that a San Francisco Highway Patrol Officer, called Kevin Briggs, has talked around 200 people out of suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge since 1994.
5B5r TIL an episode of ‘Peppa Pig’ had to be banned in Australia because it taught children that spiders aren’t that scary. It was considered too dangerous to teach Australian kids that spiders are not to be feared.
ZpmQa TIL when an ancient Parisian cemetery was decommissioned in 1786, fat from the decomposing bodies was collected and turned into candles and soap
nd1Y TIL that a deaf 45 year old North Carolina man was repeatedly stabbed after he was walking down the street, signing to his friend and a gang member mistook their signing conversation for gang signs.
epyk5 TIL: The Jamaica Railway, constructed in 1845 by the British, and was the first line opened to traffic outside Europe and North America. It was the first constructed in the British colonies.