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TIL the US Supreme Court upheld a three-strikes life-imprisonment sentence for $230 worth of fraud

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ZZko TIL The longest recorded marriage lasted 91 years and 12 days.
nWEpr TIL, from March to July in 2018, an arctic fox was tracked walking 4,350 km across the sea ice from Norway to Greenway to Canada averaging 47 km per day, eventually settling on Ellesmere Island. It provided evidence on how arctic species remain connected even when scattered across islands.
WkgD4 TIL about Puppy cats. A term that relates to specific types of cat breeds that show behavioral tendencies that are reminiscent of young domestic dogs.
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j6AxN TIL 200,000 to 600,000 pets were estimated to have been left behind in the evacuations from hurricane Katrina, as people were not allowed to take pets with them and pets were not allowed in sheltering places.