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TIL the tradition of women in Bolivia wearing bowler hats dates back to the late 1800’s when a shipment meant for English workers were too small so they were given to the locals

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xVWAb TIL that sugar molecules have "handedness" (like, left hand vs right hand), and that all of them are right handed. There are artificial sweeteners that are left-handed, but still the same molecule, and so cannot be absorbed by the human body. They're still sweet!
ANral TIL Michael Jackson had enough propofol in his body at the time of his death to kill an elephant.
O1Za TIL that Dogs laugh.When a recording of a dogs laugh is played to puppies they instantly show signs of joy and the same sounds have a calming effect on dogs in an animal shelter
R7Lpw TIL in 2009, a 14-year-old boy showed up at a Chicago police station in uniform and worked 5 hours of a shift. He allegedly got a police radio, ticket book and rode with an officer for several hours before his identity was realised. He knew procedure due to a "police explorer" program he’d gone to.
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