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TIL female dogs are bitches, but female cats are queens

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8DOG TIL In Russia there is a city called Sverdlovsk, where about 100 factory workers died in 1979 after a filter was removed and not replaced at a neighbouring military factory producing Anthrax spores
kO0y5 TIL Hello Kitty is the 2nd highest grossing media franchise of all time at $80 Billion, behind Pokemon ($95 Billion), beating out other franchises such as Star Wars, Marvel, and Mickey Mouse.
rRQN4 TIL about the Mirlo rescue. In 1918, an U-Boat attacked a British cargo ship off the NC coast. The ship blew up, spilling oil onto the ocean which caught on fire. The US Lifesaving Service sailed through the fire 4 times to rescue 42 of the 51 aboard.
6Ew0Q TIL Amelia Earhart had a prenup stating she would not be faithful to her husband
m1dmp TIL that the idea of Napoleon losing all his troops to the "Russian Winter" is a misconception. He actually lost the majority to the "Russian Summer", due to disease, starvation, heat exhaustion, desertion, and suicide. He launched his invasion in June and within two months had lost half of his men.