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TIL that dogs instinctively like squeaky toys because it mimics the sound of a terrified small animal being mauled and killed.

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94a7 TIL During a city-wide ‘lockdown’ after the Boston Marathon bombings, selected Dunkin’ Donuts locations were ordered to remain open to serve police despite the closing of the vast majority of city businesses.
9wLwX TIL in 1973 a British couple survived 117 days lost at sea on an inflatable raft after their boat sank when it was struck by a whale. They survived by "almost continually" bailing water out of their raft, while collecting rainwater & killing turtles, birds and fish with their bare hands for food.
VVB0 TIL that Nike controls over 90% of the basketball shoe market
VBd9D TIL Henrietta Wood who was enslaved in the American South until her owner, Jane Cirode, took her to Ohio in 1844. After being re-enslaved in 1853, Wood successfully sued her captor, Zebulon Ward, in 1869 and was awarded $2,500 – the largest slavery restitution in U. S. history.
L7m TIL Michael Jackson composed music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) but was left uncredited because of child sex abuse scandal