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TIL French Bulldogs are anatomically unable to mate and have to be artificially inseminated.

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OGnKa TIL the aptly named HMS Revenge (1577), after being captured in battle, perished in a storm near the Azores. An estimated 200 Spanish sailors who captured it were lost.
ANxjB TIL In 2010, an animal rights advocacy group called for Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced with an animatronic groundhog, claiming the tradition stresses the animal. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club rejected the idea, stating that Phil is well cared for and lives better than the average child.
QNPo9 TIL that Rock Squirrels are considered the most dangerous animal in the Grand Canyon
R6El TIL Stephen Colbert founded a shell corporation in Delaware named Anonymous Shell Corporation so it could be given large donations to anonymously funnel into his Super PAC, he asked FMR. FEC Chairman Trevor Potter how it was different from money laundering. Potter’s response was “It’s hard to say.”
nW4n7 TIL: Horseshoe crabs are vital for the survival of migratory birds. As migratory birds fly from South America to nesting sites in the Arctic, they stop in the Mid-Atlantic to "re-fuel" on freshly-spawned horseshoe crab eggs.