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TIL that Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia has a ‘Puppy Room’. It’s a room full of puppies where students can go to calm down when they are stressed.

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eYeg TIL that Italy’s economy is so weak that the “Latin lover” is on the decline. “The traditional kept mistress, secretly hidden away in her fully paid-up flat, and lavished with furs and jewels has been consigned to history”. Divorces are down, too, because men can’t afford to leave their wives.
Ngr1 TIL that while in the Army Clint Eastwood was in a plane that ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific, where afterwards he and the pilot swam 3 miles (5 km) to the California coast.
rRkWx TIL that Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, has only written four episodes in its 30 year run.
Wk94 TIL there is a fan made edit of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace”. It removes 18 minutes of dialogue and almost every scene with Jar Jar Binks, critics say its better than the original.
LkgLm TIL that a Portuguese diplomat, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, saved more than 30000 people in WW2