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TIL that the Alaskan Malamute became the state dog of Alaska after a 3 year campaign and legislative process that started with a kindergartner asking the question, “Why doesn’t Alaska have a state dog.”

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9m6p TIL that the US Air Force is the only branch of US military to ever directly fight the USSR. The conflict occurred over the Serbian town of Niš during WWII. Both sides mistook each other as Germans and both sides classified all reports of the battle as Top Secret.
NLr6 TIL The Fairly Oddparents was originally supposed to end in 2006 alongside Jimmy Neutron in the “Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 3” crossover, but it was so poorly received that the creator decided to renew more episodes in order for it to end in a better way, so far however, the series has still not ended.
XE146 TIL John Williams has been nominated for an Oscar 51 times, averaging one nomination a year since his first in 1967
woLP8 TIL during the Battle of Triangle Hill of the Korean War, the Chinese forces ran out of ammunation and started throwing rocks and stones at the Korean and American forces. They eventually won the battle.
M7owB TIL Malaria used to be endemic to Australia, but was eradicated in 1981