TIL the Guinness World Record for the oldest verified dog to have ever lived is held by an Australian cattle dog named Bluey ( (7 June 1910 – 14 November 1939).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(long-lived_dog)
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TIL the Guinness World Record for the oldest verified dog to have ever lived is held by an Australian cattle dog named Bluey ( (7 June 1910 – 14 November 1939).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(long-lived_dog)
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TIL of Cherenkov Radiation and how particles move faster than the speed of light in a specific medium like water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
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TIL of Cherenkov Radiation and how particles move faster than the speed of light in a specific medium like water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
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Today I learned people cook food with semen and there are even recipe books about it.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-harvest-paul-fotie-photenhauer/1113546061
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Today I learned people cook food with semen and there are even recipe books about it.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-harvest-paul-fotie-photenhauer/1113546061
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Today I learned people cook food with semen and there are even recipe books about it.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/natural-harvest-paul-fotie-photenhauer/1113546061
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qe2ipt/today_i_learned_people_cook_food_with_semen_and/
TIL most missing children are runaways, and 99% of abducted children are taken by relatives, typically a noncustodial father.In response to these statistics, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has reversed their campaign focusing on "stranger danger"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_danger
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TIL most missing children are runaways, and 99% of abducted children are taken by relatives, typically a noncustodial father.In response to these statistics, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has reversed their campaign focusing on "stranger danger"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_danger
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TIL Voltaire had enough money to sit around and think all day because he noticed a flaw in the national lottery which he exploited to win half a million livre, worth as much as $120 million today by some measures
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/voltaire-enlightenment-philosopher-and-lottery-scammer-180967265/
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TIL Voltaire had enough money to sit around and think all day because he noticed a flaw in the national lottery which he exploited to win half a million livre, worth as much as $120 million today by some measures
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/voltaire-enlightenment-philosopher-and-lottery-scammer-180967265/
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TIL Before starting Gojira the band’s frontman Joe Duplantier lived in the forest for two years without electricity or any source or income
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Duplantier#Career
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TIL about the SS Richard Montgomery, an American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Kent, England, in Aug 1944. About 1,400 tons of explosives remain on board presenting a low to moderate explosive hazard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
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TIL about the SS Richard Montgomery, an American Liberty ship that was built during World War II. She was wrecked on the Nore sandbank in the Thames Estuary, near Kent, England, in Aug 1944. About 1,400 tons of explosives remain on board presenting a low to moderate explosive hazard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery
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TIL Before starting Gojira the band’s frontman Joe Duplantier lived in the forest for two years without electricity or any source or income
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Duplantier#Career
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qbyga6/til_before_starting_gojira_the_bands_frontman_joe/
TIL Pope Pius V considered snails as fish during Lent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snails_as_food
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TIL Pope Pius V considered snails as fish during Lent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snails_as_food
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1qbk2ba/til_pope_pius_v_considered_snails_as_fish_during/
TIL what a Muntjac is: the size of a Labrador and barks like a dog, yet has fangs like a snake and doesn't eat meat
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/muntjac-deer
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TIL a castle in France has been under construction since 1997 using only 13th-century techniques, tools, and local materials: The Guédelon Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9delon_Castle
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