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TIL every Shih Tzu alive today can be traced to one of 14 dogs — seven males and seven females — that were used to rebuild the breed when China underwent its Communist Revolution.

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DQpgJ TIL that the word Blockbuster comes from an actual bomb used during WWII.
rNeXd TIL about the “Starving Time” in the colony of Jamestown, a devastating winter which caused all but 61 of the original 500 colonists to starve to death, with several people resorting to cannibalism.
Br1pW TIL that the reason the Colorado Rockies mascot is a triceratops is because a dinosaur rib bone was unearthed during the stadium’s excavation
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M7PB7 TIL Due to signing their merchandise deal late, Kenner sold the first four Star Wars figures in a empty box for Christmas 1977, it had a mail in rebate so you would receive your four figures by February 1978.