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TIL German police dogs get a monthly pension after their retirement

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Mllb TIL that Spain is the only country in the world that has a monument to the liver - “The silent and unselfish organ.”
p8LpN TIL: Acclaimed poet Maya Angelou was the first African-American female to operate a streetcar trolley in San Francisco, and got her license to do so at age 16
wjNJ TIL that the CIA shut down access to the 23rd highest mountain in the world for nearly a decade in the ‘60s because they lost a nuclear powered missile detector in an avalanche
b9kX4 TIL a man in the 1830s accused his church of murdering his wife, and had his grievance carved into her gravestone. Its specific, and gives names and events leading to her death. Its about 150 words long.
jNL4E TIL that the Pentagon Building has no marble within it. This is because the Pentagon was built during WW2 amd the source of Marble for the government which was Italy was considered an enemy nation.