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TIL dogs tilt their head when we talk to them so they can see our facial expressions better, as their muzzle blocks out the lower half of our faces.

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WV6L TIL Dorcas Hoar, who could supposedly predict the future, was convicted during the Salem Witch Trials. In September, she asked that her execution be delayed for one month so she may pray and repent. Her request was granted and her life was spared when the Governor dissolved the court in October.
r5mo TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson is not an atheist, but is adamant about being an agnostic. He even changed his own Wikipedia page from atheist to agnostic, but it got changed back to atheist. He was not amused.
78apx TIL about Netherlandish Proverbs is a 1559 painting that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of approximately 126 identifiable Dutch-language proverbs and idioms.
4k66J TIL that upon losing the 2002 Senate Election in Minnesota, Former Vice President Walter Mondale became the first (and only) major party candidate in U.S. History to have lost a general election in all 50 states. He had lost in the other 49 states when he ran against President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
wv8E TIL of Scotty Phillip, remembered as the “Man who saved the Buffalo”. A South Dakota rancher credited with bringing back Buffalo from the brink of extinction.