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TIL Hello Kitty has a boyfriend named "Dear Daniel"

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bdR9 TIL that dromedary piss is almost syrupy in texture, and their dung is so dry that bedouins used it to light fires. This purpose of this adaptation is to conserve as much water as possible in the desert.
logn7 TIL Soviet planned to crush NATO in just 7 day
aBjN TIL That in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1922, an entire family was murdered by the police because the father was a respected catholic businessman. The government of Northern Ireland carried out no investigation into the murders.
nWke7 TIL Robert Opel, the streaker from the 1974 Oscars, ran for President under the slogan “Not just another crooked dick”, was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan, and was murdered during a break in into his studio apartment.
l7J7 TIL that a 1944 opinion poll in the US found that 13% of the public were in favor of “killing off” all Japanese: men, women, and children.