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TIL of the PUPPERS Act, which protects dogs from inhumane experimentation.

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D1Vmv TIL that birds in the Netherlands fly higher on New Year's Eve to avoid the fireworks
e09x5 TIL it's called a meteoroid when in space, a meteor when falling through the atmosphere, and a meteorite once it's landed | Canadian Space Agency
koa5 TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.
X0LRj TIL that "La Catedral" was a luxurious prison designed to house Pablo Escobar, the leader of the Medellin cartel in Colombia. Inside, they hosted extravagant parties.
lobka TIL an NHK survey revealed that 29% of Japanese respondents believed that "being drunk together" = consent to have sex (link and translation in comments)