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TIL a scientific study showed an audio-book recording of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" performed by actor Michael York induced relaxation among kennel dogs more than classical music and much more than commercially available "dog music"

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4Xv1o TIL about the Finnish unit 'Poronkusema' - The distance a reindeer can travel before needing to stop to urinate. Today used to describe something that is at a very obscure distance away
ovyE TIL Jim Cummings, the voice of “Winnie the Pooh,” calls children who are in hospital to talk to them in character
vP4GK TIL the building where the Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place is still standing and is used by NYU for its chemistry and biology departments.
P9mg TIL an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, Hiroo Onoda, did not surrender in 1945. In 1974 his former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty. Onoda had spent almost 30 years holding out in the Philippines.
W7gNA TIL the 1991 movie Hook was originally meant to be a musical