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TIL of a dog that was given plastic surgery to increase its quality of life and potential for rehoming after its nose was disfigured in a skirmish due to lack of food

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LkpZv TIL The cosmic-radiation dose rate on airplanes is so high that airline flight crew workers receive more dose on average than any other worker, including those in nuclear power plants.
e0w1E TIL Jimmy Carter said if he became president, he would release all government UFO information to the public. Once elected however, he decided not to due to "national security concerns"
jg7R TIL when John F. Kennedy met Joseph Luns, the former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kennedy asked for his hobbies and he answered: “I fok horses”, Kennedy, struck with surprise responded: “Pardon?”, Luns replied: “Yes, paarden!”. ‘Fokken’ means 'to breed’, and 'horses’ means 'paarden’ in Dutch
pYN0Z TIL that Scottish banknotes are issued by 3 retail banks and they are not legal tender anywhere in the UK. Scottish bank notes are not legal tender even in Scotland, where, in law, no banknotes, even those issued by the Bank of England, are defined as legal tender.
vPpox TIL: CocoMelon and PawPatrol create zombie-kids