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TIL the Placebo effect also works on dogs.

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kJ0Om TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.
J1mBQ TIL It takes 17 years to grow a shitake mushroom in the traditional Japanese system. Sawtooth oak logs, the preferred growing medium for shitake, take 15 years to grow. It then takes another two years to inject the mushroom spores into the logs and grow the mature fruit.
awn49 TIL there is no english word for the bos taurus (commonly called cows). Cows, bulls, heiffers, steers, and oxen all specify age, sex, or purpose. Cattle doesn’t have a singular and bovine can refer to cattle, bison, buffalo, and yaks.
5VWWr TIL that in 1984, Vince Neil drove drunk and killed one man and left two others with severe brain damage. After that he headed five alcohol-based companies.
BVoK TIL, according to FBI statistics, violent bank robberies are incredibly rare. In fact, most bank robberies (61%) involve a single person handing the teller a note and then walking out without incident.