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TIL a picture of Brock Turner's face was once used as the definition of "rape" in a Criminology textbook.

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wo6Y6 TIL that the first recorded separation of conjoined twins took place in the Byzantine Empire in the 900s. One of the twins was already dead, and the other lived for three days after separation. The next recorded separation is several centuries later, in 1689, by Johannes Fatio.
EjYW TIL the guilty look dogs have isn’t because they know they did something wrong, rather they think you’re going to be or are mad at them.
pYmJN Today I learned that “Stiltsville” was a group of houses on stilts off the coast of Miami, FL. Founded towards the end of the prohibition, it had a reputation of alcohol, gambling, and partying. Most houses were destroyed by hurricanes, but some are still standing today.
7M9L TIL that, according to an NYC medical examiner, “Your golden retriever might sit next to your dead body for days, starving, but the tabby won’t. Your cat will eat you right away, with no qualms at all.”
5YKoR TIL that Greenland Has a Grand Canyon Beneath Its Ice, Carved by Ancient Floods, where Ancient topography lurks beneath the white expanse.