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TIL Nematodes (roundworms), are readily dispersed by wind and make up about one per cent of wind-drifted animals.

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b6pma TIL that dog allergies and fear of dogs are not valid reasons for U.S. businesses which serve the public, to refuse service to people using service animals. If someone in the business is allergic to dogs, both the person with the dog allergy and the person with the service dog should be accommodated
W7doX TIL at the closing ceremony of the first Winter Olympics in 1924, a prize was awarded for alpinism to Lt Col Edward Strutt, the deputy leader of and on behalf of the British expedition which had attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1922.
woVbJ TIL that after abolishing slavery in 1794, France reinstated it in 1802, only finally to abolish it again in 1848.
wLxr1 TIL Die Hard is not only based on a book, it’s a sequel and the original starred Frank Sinatra
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