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TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.

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M7LBm TIL while laying underwater cable in the Chicago river a diver discovered a 40ft submarine. Inside he found the remains of a human and a dog. Their identity is still a mystery more than a century later.
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