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TIL there’s a bridge in Scotland from which dogs frequently leap to their deaths, and no one knows why.

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78rGM TIL in the Electric Light Orchestra song, Standin' in the Rain, the string instruments at 1:07 are playing a staccato rhythm that spells out E-L-O in Morse code.
m4eY TIL that according to Hindu mythology, the first avatar of Vishnu was a fish, the second a turtle, the third a boar, the fourth a half man-half lion and from fifth to ninth, human. The tenth avatar will come in the future and destroy the world.
ZK1v TIL there’s a DNA test that can identify a criminal’s race, but police refuse to use it
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