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TIL the Ridgeback Club of Great Britain mandated the killing of all healthy ridgeless puppies. Following the outrage triggered by BBC's "Pedigree Dogs Exposed", they backtracked to "no healthy puppy will be culled"

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LkGxp TIL bats can breathe through their wings: wings make up 85% of a bat's surface area and can contribute up to 10% of its gas exchange.
0wRQA TIL the officers who assassinated japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi in 1932 also planned to kill his then guest Charlie Chaplin, in the hopes that this would provoke a war with the United States.
5gxQ TIL that Queen Bee stingers are not barbed, and because of this they can sting repeatedly without dying.
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