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R7YB8 TIL that dog facial tissue evolved to appear more humanlike to appeal to humans during the domestication process.
epe16 TIL Harry R. Truman (not the former president) died in the lodge that he built, where he met his wife, with his 16 cats in the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption on May 18, 1980
e0pW5 TIL that between 1664 and 1967, America had miscegenation laws that prevented interracial marriage, and that the first marriage licenses were intended to allow the government to enforce this law
vQaR TIL Despite the loss of her legs, Li Juhong has been a doctor in her Chinese village since 2001. She uses wooden stools to travel around, has treated over 6,000 people and has a stay-at-home husband who carries her on his back so she can reach patients who live in isolated areas.
LVPr TIL a man created a fake modern art movement called Disumbrationism that won praise from the same critics who dismissed his wife’s realistic still lifes.