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TIL Camels have been used often in battles because their smell and weird looks scare horses

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EgWg7 TIL about the Danish Protest Pig, a breed created in the early 1900s by Danes under Prussian rule. Unable to display their red-and-white national flag, they bred pigs with a similar color pattern as a symbolic act of rebellion. The breed is now recognized as a cultural symbol of resistance.
p8Pl4 TIL that a dog in Mexico named Frida saved the lives of 12 people who were trapped under rubble due to earthquakes. She identified a total of 52 bodies during her career and is considered a national heroine in Mexico. She is now officially retired.
won68 TIL that the last soldier of the British Empire to die in WW1 was the Canadian George Lawerence Price who died two minutes before the end of the war.
b9D0p TIL a gender reveal party caused a fire that burned 47,000 acres.
4mdN TIL Raiden from Mortal Kombat was inspired by “The Three Storms” from the 1986 movie “Big Trouble in Little China”