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TIL, in WWI dogs, horse, mules and donkeys all wore gas masks.

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Znlp TIL When Andy Serkis (appearing as Gollum) delivered his acceptance speech for “Best Visual Performance,” in the Two Towers, at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, the speech itself won a Hugo award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form”
awovL TIL there is a monument dedicated to Benedict Arnold's leg in New York.
p8WWO TIL Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has casually studied subatomic physics, cosmology, biology and psychology throughout his life and frequently encourages harmony between science and Buddhism
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KYmLG TIL of The Ark, a ship hired in 1633 to bring 140 English colonists to the Province of Maryland. On it's trip over the Atlantic, wine was passed out to celebrate Christmas, resulting in 30 people falling ill with fever, and 12 people dying