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TIL that 95% of nuclear weapons are owned by the USA and Russia

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GaE5 TIL in the 1960s, the CIA spent over $20 million dollars implanting radio equipment into a cat to spy on the Kremlin. After being released outside the Soviet compound in Washington DC for it’s first mission, it was immediately struck by a taxi and died.
NXnKQ TIL Through her grandmother Mary, Queen Elizabeth is a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler
a8AEN TIL There's a new world's oldest living dog -- and he's the oldest ever recorded just shy of 31 years old.
6EdXl TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.
e0JQ4 TIL King Tutankhamun owned a collection of boomerangs.