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TIL That dogs have 2x the neurons of cats

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oBn1E TIL that, before a vowel, we pronounce “the” as “thee”, and before a consonant, we pronounce it “thuh”.
a5gZ TIL that a 2013 study showed that if you have an itch on the left side of your body, you can relieve it by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of your body (and vice versa).
yxQV TIL the concept of national parks was called the greatest idea America ever had. The idea to protect natural wonders for the enjoyment of future generations was unprecedented worldwide before Yellowstone.
OoJPe TIL Yuri Gagarin scared farmers by landing in a spacesuit. A woman asked, "Can it be that you have come from outer space?" Gagarin said: "As a matter of fact, I have! Don't be afraid, I am a Soviet like you, who has descended from space and I must find a telephone to call Moscow!"
l4NA TIL Hugh Hefner helped Dick Gregory to fund a $25,000 reward to find the three civil rights workers who were kidnapped and murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Neshoba, Mississippi, in 1964.