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TIL The top 5 least corrupt countries in the world are all Scandinavian countries, New Zealand, and Singapore

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7jEZ TIL that during the first four days of World War II pet-owners in London queued up at animal shelters to put down their dogs and cats. More than 400,000 animals died. There was no government order to do so; nor was there any economic need.
X04OX TIL while living in a French village in the 1950s, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett sometimes drove local children to school, including a young Andre the Giant and two bonded over their love of cricket, with Andre later recalling that the two rarely talked about anything else.
e0Dm4 TIL U.S Space Command has existed since 1982 as part of the U.S Airforce. It has approximately 22,000 military personnel and 9,000 civilian employees.
a4NN TIL Kenan Thompson was the first SNL cast member to be younger than the show itself
5YPyk TIL The iconic whip featured in modern Zorro films (1998, 2005) originated from The Gay Blade (1981) in which Zorro is replaced by his flamboyantly gay brother who goes by the name Bunny Wigglesworth who swapped out the previously iconic sword for a whip.