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TIL that some dogs won't eat food while their owners are away due to separation anxiety

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j6e9j TIL that the Russian space program (from the 1960s to the 1980s) was the first to not only land a probe on another planet (Venus) but also photograph it
rRrRW TIL Japanese Koi are some of the most expensive fish in the world with some of the rarest selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fish are raised in large groups in the Japanese hills where breeders can have over ten thousand fish from the 120 recognized varieties.
8a4RP TIL scientists have made microparticles of twisted spikes out of cysteine, arranged into a ball a few microns across, more complex than what is found in nature. It is capable of absorbing UV energy and transforming it into circularly polarized visible light through quantum mechanical interactions.
4Xy76 TIL the coffee table from 'Parasite' was specifically designed so that 3 adults could hide under it
epmRL TIL when Mongols defeated the Poles at the battle of Legnica, they beheaded him and paraded his head. His wife recognized his mutilated body by his eleventh toe.