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TIL Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas were refused government aid unless they pledged to never to boycott Israel.

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GYGa5 TIL in guide dog "training camp", puppies with the least attention from the mother dog were the most likely to become guide dogs; whereeas puppies who received the most licks and milk from mom tended to be seeing-eye dog washouts.
oOO7 TIL that George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower are the only Presidents not to have held a political office when running for President of the United States
oBA8r TIL the gun company Beretta has been operating for over 500 years under the same family, with its first documented contract in 1526 being for 185 arquebus barrels to the Republic of Venice. They presently manufacture the M9, the US military's service pistol.
P97n TIL that Iceland decided against bailing out the banks, wrote a new constitution to reduce the power of money, and had the fastest recovery from the recession.
69VOW TIL bees can be blue. Xylocopa Caerulea is a naturally blue carpenter bee from Southeast Asia. They are non aggressive and their honey is as thick as peanut butter