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TIL in 1990, a 15 year old girl testified before Congress, describing how Iraqi soldiers killed babies in a Kuwaiti hospital. This helped stir US favor for the Gulf War. The girl was later found to be the daughter of a Kuwaiti ambassador, and her story fabricated by American PR firm Hill & Knowlton

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kJ6M5 TIL that "The NorthWest Company," one of the major players in the historical North American fur trade, is still in operation today as a series of retail stores that primarily serve Indigenous customers across Canada, Alaska, the Carribbean, and the Pacific.
E1Lx7 TIL in 1971, the first person to successfully escape America’s first “SUPERMAX” prison said he did it to bring attention to his water desalination research
LQM19 TIL dogs can smell up to 100,000 times better than humans due to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses
oO8r TIL a cat named Creme Puff is the oldest cat in recorded history when it died at 38 years old in 2005.
PY6gV TIL Rabies has the highest mortality rate of any virus at 99.9%.