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TIL US war dogs were designated as expendable equipment and were either euthanized or turned over to an allied army prior to the US departure from South Vietnam.

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Zp9MY TIL about a group of chimpanzees that use tools to collect honey
VB1JB TIL of Ronald Read, a gas station attendant and janitor in Vermont, who at the time of his death in 2015 had amassed a net worth of nearly $8 million.
v1xpD TIL that the reason why bus seats looked ugly is to hide stains and graffiti.
rRKEe TIL that A typical four square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1500 species of flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 125 mammal species, 400 species of birds, 100 of reptiles, 60 of amphibians, and 150 different species of butterflies.
r8Re TIL An Israeli team of researchers invented a breathalyzer that can detect 17 different diseases, including two types of Parkinson’s, Crohn’s, multiple sclerosis, kidney disease, and cancers including lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancer.