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TIL All border collies can be traced back to one dog, Old Hemp

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OGa74 TIL of Togo Heihachiro a Japanese admiral, who helped defeat Russia in 1905. Heihachiro believed he was the reincarnation of Horatio Nelson and was so admired that upon his death, the navies of the UK, USA, France, Netherlands Italy and China all honoured him.
8e4OX TIL that the U.S. comic strip character Dennis the Menace was used in Dairy Queen marketing from 1971 to 2001 and that the character was dropped because Dairy Queen felt that children could no longer relate to him.
Zpyap TIL During El Nino events there is less planetary angular momentum and days are slightly longer due to the mass of the atmosphere.
WQgN TIL the vibrator was invented for doctors who were getting carpel tunnel from using their fingers to give female patients orgasms in order to treat hysteria.
Mej5m TIL Psy, famous for Gangnam Style, stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the dance. He had tested various "cheesy" animal-inspired dance moves with his choreographer, including panda and kangaroo moves, before settling for the horse trot, which involves pretending to ride a horse.