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TIL There is a festival celebrated in Nepal for dogs, honoring their loyalty and friendship.

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5Vojn TIL that the new bananas will appear to be growing upside-down due to a scientific phenomenon called negative geotropism
R58MQ TIL that the last Prisoner of War of WW2 who has been repatriated was Hungarian András Toma in 2000, captured in 1945 by the Red Army. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital in 1947 and got removed from the POW lists because of that.
e06bb TIL the Founder of Kodak, George Eastman, insisted the company use a 13 month, 28 day per month calendar. This system would be used by Kodak as the official date system from 1928 to 1989.
8aawP TIL about courtroom dogs that help children feel comfortable enough to testify against their abusers.
VMgnk TIL ruts leftover from the wagon trains traveling the Oregon Trial, are still visible today.