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TIL that the names at the 9/11 memorial are not organized alphabetically, by company or location, but rather by how close of a relationship that person had with those names around them.

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N7WKQ TIL Dogs can wear braces on their teeth. Wesley is a six-month-old Golden Retriever, who wasn’t able to fully close his mouth and chew well was fitted with braces by, Dr. James Moore AKA "The Doggie Dentist." As with people, dental problems for dogs can lead to other, more serious health issues.
5DBn TIL that Denmark was one of the few countries that resisted turning over its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. The Danish king told the PM at the time that if the Germans tried to force Danish Jews to wear a yellow star, then he would wear one too.
9YeKQ TIL, women considered lower-caste in Kerala (India) had to pay Breast Tax (Mulakaram) for covering their breasts in public, otherwise go topless in public (until 1924)
xVnKw TIL Bill Nye had worked alongside Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, where he played Doc Brown's assistant and demonstrated several experiments. These segments later led to Nye getting his own show.
rRb9y TIL: Class action lawsuits are not really for the consumers