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TIL: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded by Henry Bergh in 1866, making it the first animal welfare organization in North America. Bergh was inspired to create the ASPCA after witnessing the mistreatment of carriage horses in New York City.

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DQ15p TIL that since the 1960s, the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world, has been drying up, leaving hundreds of fishing boats rusting in the desert
NNyM TIL H. Jon Benjamin released a jazz album called “Well, I Should Have…*” where he plays piano even though he doesn’t know how to.
l7LvN TIL tiramisu, the Italian dessert of coffe-soaked ladyfingers, sweetened marscapone, and cocoa powder is only around fifty years old, having been invented somtime in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
W4EB TIL of the Hague Invasion Act, that allows the US to use military force to free any US citizen held by the International Criminal Court
pYZVQ TIL that the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was actually one of a series of treaties known as the Peace of Paris, which included two treaties signed in Versailles with France and Spain.