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TIL that the English discovered the West Coast before the East Coast

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e0OVg TIL to never use laser pointers to play with your dog. It causes frustration (triggering the dog's prey drive but does not give closure), and can cause anxiety, confusion, and neurotic and obsessive-compulsive behaviors including becoming reactive to flashes of light and moving shadows.
8aRVV TIL The Tetris Company emerged from a Soviet agency. Today, it licences it's trademark and doesn't make the game anymore. Instead it sues people who make unlicensed clones.
RXRa TIL vegetarian/vegan diets have been linked to drops in sperm quality. The current theory is many vegetarian/vegan diets exchange meat for soy products. Soy has been found to interfere with sperm production with doctors suggesting to not ingest soy 74 days prior to attempting to conceive.
M8JV TIL children have been sent to the emergency room after eating excessive hot Cheetos consumption and appearing to have bloody poops. Spicy snack contains a lot of red food dye, it can turn the stools of people red or orange.
E1pB7 TIL "yé-yé" was a music genre which emerged in the 1960s. Its name was derived from the English "yeah! yeah!", popularised by beat and rock and roll bands such as the Beatles.