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TIL: There was one survivor at the Battle of Little Bighorn. A horse named “Comanche” who was treated as a war veteran and never ridden again out of respect.

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5aJn TIL that Mattel released an action figure of Stinkor, an anthropomorphic skunk supervillain of the He-Man universe, in 1985. Patchouli Oil was added to the molds to recreate the character’s unpleasant superpower. Toy collectors report the action figures continuing to reek after 30 years.
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