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TIL that during WWII Australian soldiers in Egypt adopted a local dog as their unofficial mascot. “Horrie the Wog Dog” would follow them through various campaigns, warning them of approaching enemy aircraft. After the war he was successfully smuggled back to Australia in defiance of quarantine laws.

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