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TIL that Brachycephalic dogs are more likely to die during air travel than dogs with normal-length muzzles.

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awxDM TIL that in 2002, a Marvel comics writer based an alternate version of Nick Fury on Samuel L Jackson, using his image without permission. Jackson discovered this and nearly took legal action. Marvel offered to cast him as Fury if the character was ever in a movie. Jackson took the deal.
pZ5G TIL Between the 13th and 18th Centuries it was common to have criminal trials with animal defendants. Animals on trial were most often pigs, bulls, horses, and cows or pests such as rats and weevils. They were routinely provided with lawyers and if convicted animals were executed or exiled.
Y7Vkx TIL back in 2016, a millionaire announced he would bury his car for afterlife, with intention of creating attention and controversy. he revealed the stunt is about raising awarness to organ donations. "People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care".
OG6o4 Til that one out of every 5 mammal species is a bat.
dDeW7 TIL that the singer of the 1982 version of "Puttin' on the Ritz" has the actual first name Taco, rather than being a band called Taco