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TIL Domestic Dogs are the only species to understand pointing gestures!

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VBmpZ TIL: the design of the 'Single Leaf' Flag of Canada was designed and implemented as recently as 1964
eMa4 TIL the parents of the “Charlie Bit Me” video have admitted the only reason they uploaded the video to YouTube was because the size of the video file was too big to be send by email to their family.
v1DMj TIL airlines sell your lost luggage after 90 days.
wK5J TIL that the microwave oven was discovered by accident by an engineer working on radar technology during WWII. While he was standing in front of an active radar in a laboratory, the candybar in his pocket started to melt. He then tried to pop popcorn kernels with the radar to prove his idea.
5V7Mp TIL - the Kamasutra English translation only talks about sex and the male perspective. but it's a philosophical book about relationships and love. only 20% of the book is about sex. it was selectively translated to suit "filthy paganism" narrative of the British.