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TIL that Nepal has a festival devoted entirely to celebrating dogs!

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Zp7yp TIL the earliest surviving graphic novel depicting the Holocaust was created in an internment camp in 1942 and starred Mickey Mouse
jNBGj TIL that Quentin Tarantino has no respect for the biopic because they are just big excuses for actors to win Oscars.
VB098 TIL that D-Day was conducted on June 6, because that was the birthday of Rommel's wife.
lorM7 TIL on steam powered paddle ships, visibility was greatly hindered by the two large arches on either side of the ship. To combat this, a literal bridge would be built between them so the captain and helmsman could still get good visibility, thus why a ship's command center is called a "bridge".
4NQ6 TIL a viking ship made out of 15 million popsicle sticks sailed from the Netherlands to England