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TIL dogs generally do not get tired of barking.

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LQkd9 TIL that "Urban Macrocephaly" is the phenomenon of excessive concentration of population and development of the main city of a country and it subjects the country to fragility to insurrections.
JYNn8 TIL that women in the Dani tribe in Indonesia amputate a part of their fingers to grieve a loved one's death. It’s believed finger cutting keeps the deceased person’s restless spirit away, as well as symbolising the pain of bereavement.
4kdO5 TIL: That the Nazi rallying call "Sieg Heil" was inspired by American football cheerleading techniques. Imported by his friend Ernst Hanfstaengl, Adolf Hitler was so impressed by the rousing qualities inherent at American sporting events, that he would seek to emulate the atmosphere at his rallies.
OVPa TIL There were two brothers that were such compulsive horders they had managed to amass over 140 tons of items before one was killed by falling debris
rRMax TIL Norway formally annexed about one-fifth of Antarctica in 2015