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TIL about the silver fox domestication experiment which resulted in silver foxes having more dog like appearances

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0wBNA TIL that unlike chimpanzees, bonobo societies are relatively peaceful, with squabbles rarely escalating to serious violence. Female bonobos spend their time together in the center of the group, grooming, eating and socializing. Often, two females will embrace and rub their genitals together
x6Lyo TIL that in the 84's Olympics, an athlete replaced herself with her twin sister to compete after an injury.
vPaxK TIL Polly Smith, costume designer for the Muppet Show and Sesame Street also invented the sports bra
yQngv TIL that Kato Kaelin, the man staying in OJ Simpsons guest house during the Simpson/Goldman murders, won a landmark libel case against the tabloid National Examiner for a headline saying "Cops think Kato did it!"
XE0g8 TIL that the Polish medal for couples who have made it to 50 years of marriage has a higher rank than the medal for deployment to Afghanistan