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TIL Dogs perceive time 30% slower than humans

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KO1nR TIL that Cherophobia is fear of being happy. It is the belief that when one becomes happy,something bad will happen.
E1rVo TIL that New York City has a genetically diverse rat population. 'Uptown' rats are different from 'Downtown' rats, and every neighborhood has their own distinct rats.
Ldx0 TIL that scientists have found the second most widely used herbicide in the US has gotten into the water supply, causes sexual abnormalities in frogs, and is associated with birth defects in humans and animals
xVoNo TIL an area of Canada nearly x2 the size of Texas was almost renamed "Bob" after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents for a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank but thousands supported it.
5VoN9 TIL that there is only one man in recorded history to have had both dwarfism and gigantism (Adam Rainer). He went from 122.55 cm (4 foot 0.25 inches) at 18 years old to 234 cm (7 foot 8 inches) at 51 years old, which was how old he was when he died.