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TIL Dogs have a sixth sense that was only scientifically confirmed recently. Researchers found that dogs can detect the weak thermal radiation of other mammals from 5 feet away, even when they cannot see or smell it.

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DQEND TIL: There is a strange phenomenon where chemical crystals can change spontaneously around the world, spreading like a virus, causing some pharmaceutical chemicals to no longer be able to be synthesized.
KOP9 TIL that the Romans had the same goddess for their sewage system as for protecting sexual intercourse in marriage
Bgd6r TIL that Dr. Seuss created the word NERD in "If I Ran the Zoo), which is no longer being published.
jN1GR TIL Major James Robertson of Australian Army once stole one of the only 20 German tanks from no man’s land, while being attacked by machine gun and mustard gas.
4Zpg TIL in 1985, a volcanic mudslide in Colombia trapped a 13-year old girl’s legs in debris with her head above water. Omayra Sánchez survived like this for 60 hours, even doing interviews with the press, before finally dying.