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TIL that a dog’s behaviour changes when it senses the pregancy of it’s owner (or family member), some dogs become more protective while other dogs become more rebelious, chewing on items or peeing inside the home

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W7kVL TIL: 21 leading Nazis were given IQ tests at Nuremberg. The average score was 128. The smartest Nazi was Hjalmar Schacht, a key resistance fighter who was acquitted on all charges. He scored 143.
xNW5 TIL that, despite having sold 40 million records worldwide, Rick Astley abruptly retired from music in 1993, at the age of 27, in order to spend more time with his newborn daughter. He wouldn’t produce any new material for the next 10 years, and it was another 14 before he went back on tour.
MY48 TIL It is common practice for Saudi princes to grow up with hired bodyguards from Nigeria or other African nations who are of similar age and who remain with the prince well into adulthood. The lifetime spent together creates an intense bond of loyalty.
mxvJv TIL at $2 million per 30-second slot, the 2004 finale episode of FRIENDS had the most expensive ad slots for a non-sports program
WZg8 TIL of Thomas Silverstein, a convict who’s been held in solitary confinement at a Supermax prison since 1983. Considered one of the most dangerous inmates in the U.S., he’s committed multiple murders in jail. He’s held in a specially designed cell called Range 13 and has no human contact