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TIL A Colombian drug cartel put a $70,000 bounty on a police dog because it sniffed out almost 10 tons of drugs in 300+ operations, leading to 245 arrests.

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Z8oo TIL NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building, the largest open air building in the world, is so big that it has its own weather. Air condition must be used all the time otherwise it may rain inside.
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O9eR TIL the biggest stadium in the world is in North Korea, with a capacity of 150,000.
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