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TIL about Chaser. She learned to identify and retrieve 1,022 different toys by their individual names.

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KOaPB TIL The first tent erected at the South Pole by the Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen on its arrival on 14 December 1911 is still there, buried beneath 17 meters of snow.
BgMEe TIL how a centuries old inscription on a boulder was deciphered by a contest.
x7OB TIL that a dolphin known as “Stinky” has been sexually terrorizing divers and snorkelers off the coast of Grand Cayman Islands.
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