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TIL David Bowie declined the honor to be knighted twice: “I seriously don’t know what it’s for. It’s not what I spent my life working for.”

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p8oBG TIL Ontario's Dog Owner's Liability Act ('DOLA') stipulates that a dog owner(s) assumes liability for damages caused by dog bites or attacks. This is strict liability test because it does not depend on an owner's negligence, fault, or the animal's known propensity to act aggressively.
eYBn TIL a crow succeeded in a cognitive test that stumped most 4-5 year old children, indicating their intelligence may even outshine that of apes
W7Jyo TIL of the longest pro baseball game jn history between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox. It lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of play total.
VBwYZ Today I learned Tabula rasa (blank slate) is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception, which is in direct contrast to Innatism which is the idea that the mind is born with ideas, knowledge, and beliefs.
v59K TIL: If you’re an American and you give up your citizenship, you will be subject to U.S. tax on your worldwide income for any of the 10 years following expatriation in which you are in the U.S. for more than 30 days.