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TIL that the Doberman was bred to protect a hated tax collector.

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QJ0Q9 TIL about the '91 Louisiana governor's race, which pitted corrupt Democrat Edwin Edwards against former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. Voters were urged to "vote for the lizard, not the wizard." Duke lost by only 11% despite near-total denouncement by the Republican party, including President Bush.
pYeBG TIL Teflon’s first use was in the Manhattan project.
J185B TIL the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys, Brandon Aubrey, hadn't kicked a football until 2019. He was a pro soccer player before, was watching a game with his wife when the kicker missed a field goal, she said: "you could do that"
Exb7 TIL that Bugs Bunny inadvertently transformed the word nimrod into a synonym for idiot because nobody understood his joke comparing Elmer Fudd to the Biblical figure Nimrod Aka A Great Hunter.
69oAZ TIL that cars must have at least three-quarters of a tank in order to leave Singapore, in order to stop them from buying cheaper gas in Malaysia and circumventing Singapore's gas tax