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TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.

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WJwL TIL the man who first alerted authorities about the 2008 Chinese milk scandal was murdered
QJrvL TIL that classic rock musician Todd Rundgren formed a band in Philly in the late-60’s called Nazz that was moderately successful, while at the same time in Phoenix another band formed calling themselves Nazz also, but after releasing one single they moved to LA and renamed themselves Alice Cooper
Ypj5B TIL Chinese Checkers is an American named adaptation of a German game that originated in Britain.
1aR4P TIL that in 1935 the Nazis held a competition in which baby pictures were sent in and the "most beautiful Aryan baby" was chosen by Joseph Goebbels. The baby they picked, and used in propaganda for years, was actually Jewish; the photo had been sent in to make the Nazi party look ridiculous.
4Xpkb TIL that a British bomb detection dog named Theo died from stress a few hours after seeing his handler get shot. The pair had set a record for bomb detection, and the dog was posthumously awarded an honour equivalent to the Victoria Cross.