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TIL that "Lucy's Law" is set to come into force, effectively banning the sale of puppies and kittens by third parties in the UK to stop puppy farms. Inspired by 'Lucy the Rescue Cavalier' a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel rescued from one such puppy farm-turned doggy activist

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QL7M TIL “Vicks VapoRub doesn’t relieve nasal congestion. But the strong menthol odor of VapoRub tricks your brain. As a result, you feel like you’re breathing through an unclogged nose.”
xy9w TIL that in “Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah”, the big white building in Shinjuku that takes a beating from Mecha-King Ghidorah and Godzilla during the final battle is the main center for tax in Japan, during the cinema showing the audience cheered when it was destroyed.
lOQN TIL that there is a website which provides a fake phone number for you to give to someone instead of your actual number. It then displays all the texts and calls on the site, available for the public
nWVbP TIL about Confraternities in Nigeria, secretive student groups within higher education that have been involved in violence and organized crime since the 1980s. One estimate in 2002 was that 250 people had been killed in campus cult-related murders in the previous decade.
e0GEn TIL that when Bobby Pickett finished the demo of "Monster Mash" in 1962, it was rejected by every major music label. Finally a willing producer was found, and it hit #1 on the Billboard charts, went gold x3 its first week, and has charted in multiple years since.