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Today I learned that private equity companies have been buying up vet clinics and raising the prices of care to make pet owners choose between their pets and their finances

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via reddit.com

kZ54 TIL that some snipers are trained to control their breathing to the point that they train to shoot between heartbeats for increased accuracy
OGEJg TIL two of the top innovators in US military technology are called Palantir and Anduril
1aP5P TIL of "The Battle of the Words" in 1915 during WW1, where Belgian and German trenches were a mere 45 metres (150 feet) apart, leading to each sides throwing insults at each other all day and night. It eventually became so annoying the Belgian commander forbade his men from talking to the Germans.
awDyA TIL that Nikola Tesla was at the first party to have a stripper jump out of a cake
5YkPP TIL in The Big Lebowski, Jesus Quintana is wearing rings from the American Bowling Congress that certify his ability to roll a perfect 300 game, an almost perfect 299 game and an incredibly difficult 800 series. Those rings tell you that creep can roll.