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TIL: “His Master’s Voice” was originally a painting by an artist of his later brother’s dog Nipper (so named because he’d nip people’s ankles). He also would listen intently to a recording of his dead master’s voice.

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Odn4 TIL that the US “Credit Card Act of 2009” contains a provision allowing people to carry guns in national parks [section 512].
5VPr8 TIL: The US Secret Service uses Elements of the Russian "Systema" martial art techniques.
APN4 TiL in China a large industry developed using sewage as cooking oil.
QGAM TIL 70 years ago today, Allied troops linked up with the French resistance. Within 24 hours, Paris was liberated from the Nazis.
4X75X TIL In New Mexico, at a quarter-mile section of Route 66, the rumble strips have been engineered to sound like the song “America the Beautiful” if you drive exactly at 45 mph over them