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TIL that dogs bark more than wolves because dogs have evolved into the equivalent of overgrown wolf puppies

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ZZjD TIL that the book keeper at the 1st franchised Mcdonald’s worked for free for the first 9 months and little pay after that, and was given 10% of the company. 10 years later she cashed in part of her holdings for $300,000 (worth 1.7 mil today) and kept the rest worth 5 mil (28 mil today).
4PRw TIL that in 2014 Charles Manson was granted a marriage license, but the wedding was cancelled after it was discovered that 26 year old Afton Elaine “Star” Burton only wanted to marry Manson so she and a friend Craig “Gray Wolf” Hammond could use his corpse as a tourist attraction after he dies
J1nVV TIL that the "Freeze", the runner whom fans race against at Atlanta Braves games, is actually a professional track and field runner, not a robot.
6ENNW TIL The Outer Space Treaty forbids any nation from trying to own the moon.
OZeY TIL that Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan from ‘Forrest Gump’) plays in the band called 'Lt. Dan Band’. The group mainly performs non-profit gigs for the USO and veteran affairs charities.