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TIL that because their hearing is different from humans dogs adopt and respond to certain names better than others. Names with 2 syllables containing hard consonants and S's like 'Lisa' or 'Rosy' are optimal.

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dy5K TIL that there is a Russian remake of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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E1gKw TIL of Lucía Zárate, the lightest recorded adult, who at the age of 17 weighed a mere 2.1 kilos (4.7 lbs). A sideshow performer, she died of hypothermia after her circus train was caught in a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains.