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TIL beware of the dog signs have been normal for 2.000 years

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4XZV6 TIL: A Russian oligarch rigged the voting of the Voice in favor of his daughter and got caught.
v18X4 TIL In 1970, the Oregon Highway Division consulted with the US Navy and decided the best way to dispose of a whale carcass was to blow it up with a 1/2 ton of dynamite. The explosion caused blubber to rain down on spectators for over a 1/4 of a mile. A large chunk demolished a car.
ne5a7 TIL Gardeners have attempted to breed blue roses for centuries - without success. Researchers managed to give white roses a tint of blue but still cannot produce natural blue roses.
e0QwD TIL of the existance of a group called "The Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck" who exists solely for the purpose of raising funds to be donated to other non-profit organizations.
dDvMj TIL that Spanish moss is not a moss; it’s more closely related to grasses than to mosses. It’s also not Spanish; it’s native to the southern US, Central America, and South America.