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TIL There is a bridge in Scotland known as the Overtoun Bridge where around 600 dogs have willingly plunged from the bridge and ended their lives, it has been observed that certain dogs jumped off the bridge and survived climbed back up and threw themselves of it again.

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rR8Nx TIL There was a romance novel about KFC, set in medieval England. It launched in 2017 for mothers day, and was called "Tender Wings of Desire".
epnDg TIL the little loops on the back of men's dress shirts have an official name and use. They're called 'locker loops' and were earlier made on sailors' shirts so they could hang their shirts anywhere on hooks on their ship. Universities later followed to keep their button down uniforms wrinkle-free.
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mxoLR TIL The Swoon Hypothesis says Jesus did not die on the cross. He fell unconscious and woke up later. Early proponents say Jesus pretended to die, using drugs given by Luke, and revived later by Jospeh. This was to appear a spiritual Messiah and get Israel to abandon the idea of a political Messiah.