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TIL that a kiss from your dog might mean that they want you to regurgitate a snack for them…

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Z8ypa TIL that 70s prog rockers Ambrosia took the lyrics from a 1976 track, "Nice, Nice, Very Nice," from a Kurt Vonnegut novel. When Vonnegut heard the song on the radio, he wrote the band a letter that said, "Music is the only art that’s really worth a damn. I envy you guys."
AONw TIL there is a plan in place to build an offshore technology hub near San Francisco but in international waters so that anyone can come and work on projects from around the world without a visa.
nWE9d TIL that the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
gM5Kb TIL the rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor) is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico. When threatened, it exhibits aposematism or warning coloration to mimic brightly colored stinkbugs which lizards avoid. Studies show that birds find rainbow grasshoppers to be distasteful.
l789G TIL that in terms of deadweight tonnage, 40% of the world's commercial ships are each registered in one of three countries: Liberia, Panama, and the Marshall Islands.