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TIL that Leanach Cottage on Culloden Battlefield is the only remaining building from the battle in 1746

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PXGg TIL about operation Vegetarian, a 1942 plan by the British military to drop linseed cakes infected with anthrax on German fields where they would be eaten by cows and thus infect the civilian population that ate them, the test site in Scotland remained uninhabitable until the 1990’s
wLWZY TIL that dogs shed in the fall; the older hair is pushed out so that their new winter-resistant undercoat can grow in, and the shedding process is progressive - so the dog hair on my clothes and on my floor and in my mouth is only a moderate amount compared with what's to come.
5xdB TIL in Switzerland every male must attend military training and is required to keep his weapon afterwards, giving the country one of the highest gun ownership rate in the world.
GYx97 TIL that Hello kitty is the second highest-grossing media franchise after Pokémon
PAOg TIL since most maps of the US are non-cylindrical (so flat vs. curved) Maine incorrectly appears to be the Northern most State in the lower 48. Minnesota, actually is the northern most state.