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TIL scientists are trying to figure out if a dog can tell a person has upset feelings by the way they smell

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p8Xbp TIL about the "Olympic Truce", which originated almost 3,000 years ago, and was reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly in 1993. Countries are encouraged to observe a truce from seven days before the opening ceremonies to seven days after the opening ceremonies.
d8rxr TIL Hands Across America was a benefit event staged on Sunday, May 25, 1986 in which approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes.
1amvr TIL of Stendhal Syndrome, an overwhelming, heart-racing ecstasy that occurs when exposed to art works of great beauty.
e0v0k TIL of the Hymn Virus. A Virus from 1990 that would brick MS-DOS computers and played the Soviet National Anthem.
E1L8o TIL That the production staff of the film 1917 (2019) had to put signs around one of the filming locations warning walkers in the area not to be alarmed at the artificial body parts strewn around.