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TIL an airline once put 400 squirrels through a shredder

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look1 Short answer: Sure, it happens all the time
OGQaa TIL the first draft of the Portuguese republican national anthem was extremely anti-British. Part of the anthem was erased and the word "Breton" was replaced with "Cannon" in what remained.
vrLr TIL that Tom Clancy actually had a good deal of input on the games that bear his name. Including making Sam Fisher fail if he kills a civilian.
9wv4M TIL in 2006, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and adidas created a poster made with ink that was mixed with the blood of the players on the team.
YaMP TIL Google doesn’t use lawnmowers to cut its grass. Google rents 200 goats to chow down on their grass for roughly a week.