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TIL that Toto was actually played by a female brindle Cairn Terrier whose real name was Terry. Her grave was destroyed during the construction of the Ventura Freeway in 1958.

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WkBW4 TIL about the No Gun Ri massacre, which took place on the 26th July 1950, where US Forces killed a large number of South Korean Civilians. One GI, Norman Tinkler, was later quoted by the Associated Press as having said, “We just annihilated them.”
G0KE TIL Tommy Lee Jones did not and possibly still doesn’t like Jim Carrey. They worked together on “Batman Forever.” When Carrey asked him why he didn’t like him, Jones replied, “I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”
grBy9 TIL the US Government spends nearly $20,000 per citizen every year
LkEVQ TIL that measles can wipe out the body's immune system "memory" of other diseases for years.
oBneA TIL of genetic sexual attraction,where people with similar genes tend to be mutually attracted. This is often cancelled by the Westermarck effect:children raised together rarely become mutually attracted when older. Thus,separated siblings who reunite as adults have a high risk of sexual attraction.