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TIL that Baby Doge and Best Friends Animal Society broke the Guinness World Records title for largest donation of pet food in 24 hours by donating 36,750.88 kg of pet food. (BabyDoge is a cryptocurrency and 5% of every transaction goes to donations for dogs)

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4eRg TIL The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard Identification Badge is the second least-awarded decoration of the United States military with the first being the Astronaut Badge
m1lOo TIL that Willem Dafoe starred as Jesus in a religious epic, which included supporting performances by Harvey Keitel and David Bowie and was banned from Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina for several years.
a8AG0 TIL that well into the 18th century, many mapmakers held the persistent belief that California was an island. This eventually prompted in 1747 the following royal decree from King Ferdinand VI of Spain: “California is not an island.”
8apL TIL: Ancient Romans wore socks with sandals
RjRj TIL that more than 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct.