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TIL about The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling, and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland.

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YpNNd TIL: When the 80's He-Man film started going over budget, Cannon's solution was to cut the budget of other films in works in order to finish it. The film most affected was Superman its 35 million budget cut in half. Both films would bomb at the box office and Cannon would fold 7 years later.
gMJXW TIL in 1911, a House Member introduced a resolution to abolish the Senate because it "has become an obstructive and useless body, a menace to the liberties of the people, and an obstacle to social growth;" His proposal died silently in committee.
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