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TIL all military working dogs are ranked a level higher than their handlers. This is a traditional started to prevent handlers from mistreating the dog.

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rRZx1 TIL in the 1960s you could buy a variety of monkeys from the Sears catalog as pets, each for about $50.
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P1nBL TIL the biggest geomagnetic storm in history caused fires in telegraph stations
lo4g5 TIL Winston Churchill demanded his coffin to be transported through the London Waterloo Station after his death, as he wanted future invitee, French president de Gaulle walk bare-headed under the Waterloo’s archway that marked Britain's victory over France in the Battle of Waterloo
mx9px TIL that vultures are the most threatened birds in the world (and are ecologically vital). By feasting on poisoned carrion, they end up poisoned themselves.