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TIL the Irish word “bhfaighidh” is one syllable.
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TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.
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TIL that when Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered an assault on the most holy Sikh temple, security services removed Sikhs from her bodyguards, including one of her favorite guards. She promptly reinstated him, and a few months later he assassinated her.
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TIL that the northern lights shows us why there is life on Earth.
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TIL there are only two elected heads of state who have given birth while in office. The first was Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990, and the second was New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2018. Both gave birth to a girl at both gave birth at the age of 37.