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TIL that people feel more sympathy for dogs than they do for people.

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VBAGB TIL that the term “oxymoron” means “brightly stupid” and is therefore an oxymoron having the same meaning as “sophomore”
kJk9E TIL Art competitions were part of the Olympics from 1912–1948. In fact, Monaco won their only Olympic medal in 1924, in architecture.
rQKw TIL Romanian sewer workers accidentally discovered a cave which was sealed for 5.5 million years. Movile Cave is filled with evolutionary distinct exotic creatures (albino crabs, worms) which feed off sulfur-producing bacteria
OGAkL TIL that modern US Marine Corp infantry organization, tactics, training, and the even the slogan Gungho are inspired by the experiences of Gen Evans Carlson during the time he spent visiting with Chinese Comminist guerillas during WWII.
KOGPw TIL John Martin Poyer, governor of American Samoa, quarantined the entire territory after receiving news of the Spanish flu pandemic. Nobody died in American Samoa, while 23% of neighboring Western Samoa perished.