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TIL the dog who played Air Bud was also Comet on Full House

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m1ZQx TIL there is a Mount Kennedy in Canada, named after the president JFK a year after his assassination. Canada selected it because it was close to the US-Canada border and it serves as a symbol of the two nations' friendship.
ANaL7 TIL that when you say a word many times over, and it stops sounding like a word, that is called 'semantic satiation.'
l7Z1A TIL Mihailo Tolotos was a Greek Orthodox monk that died without ever seeing a woman. He lived all his 82 years of life in Mount Athos monastery
QNDbk TIL: There are "sniffer bees" that can be trained to sniff out various substances, including explosives, illegal drugs, and diseases in humans. Their sense of smell is so acute, they can match sniffer dogs in detection skills. However, each bee can only be trained to recognize one specific scent.
j6dnX TIL that myrrh, one of the Three Wise Men's gifts, is a medicinal herb still in use today