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TIL of Basenji dogs, a dog breed that doesn't bark.

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JYgnB TIL on 18 april 1930, the only thing that was announced on BBC was "There is no news" followed by a piano playing
jaYp TIL there is a grocery store named “Thanksgiving” in Paris that sells U.S. “cuisine” like Pop-Tarts, Heinz ketchup, and Skippy peanut butter to homesick ex-pats.
ryX0 TIL The US spent $60 billion rebuilding Iraq after the 2003 war. There is virtually nothing to show for the money. Most of the money seems to have been stolen by US defense contractors, and there’s virtually nothing in Iraq to show for the rebuilding effort.
JYRA1 TIL Korean is a language isolate; having developed independent of all other languages. It is the largest language isolate by a wide margin
LQrlV TIL at the height of operations during the Berlin airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92,000,000 miles (148,000,000 km) in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun.