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TIL that greyhounds are universal blood donors and can donate blood to almost any other breed of dog!

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pJ08 TIL there are turntables that play records using a laser instead of a needle, and are so accurate that they play the dirt and dust collected in the record grooves
yQKYv TIL that psychologically, people prefer avoiding losses than gaining wins; it is better to not lose $5 than to find $5. This is called Loss Aversion. Some studies even have suggested that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, than gains.
NBnE TIL that Pharrell Williams and his partner Chad Hugo were responsible for producing 43% of the songs played on US radio in 2003. 10 years later Pharrell’s having a similar run.
loGlr TIL in WW2, the British made their plane's external fuel tanks out of paper-mache, to save metal
WkORo TIL The first recorded instance of a person living in three centuries was that of Margaret Ann Neve, a woman from the British island of Guernsey who lived from 1792 to 1903.