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TIL "barking" is only a common behavior among domestic dogs, and is likely a result of selective breeding by humans.

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BrpQe TIL that Queen Victoria was addicted to cocaine infused chewing gum. She was even believed to have shared some with a young Winston Churchill.
b9a6Q TIL soccer was a popular and successful sport in the US up until the 1930s. However a series of disputes between rival leagues and FIFA (called the Soccer Wars) , and the onset of the Great Depression led to a massive decline in the popularity of the sport.
rOP0 TIL when Frank Sinatra, age 50, Married Mia Farrow, age 20, Dean Martin laughed and said: “Mia Farrow? I’ve got Scotch older than that girl!”
NOnN TIL Muhammad Ali managed to talk a suicidal man out of jumping to his death after police and psychologists had failed.
6PJW TIL Chinese checkers is a a German variation of an American game. It was later introduced to the Chinese by the Japanese.