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TIL that animals have accents!

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9YGAB TIL about Job Maseko, a Black South African volunteer soldier, who sunk Nazi ship using IED made from tin and stolen gunpowder during his time at POW camp in North Africa
5VDJ8 TIL that in 1927 heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney received a check for $1,000,000 for his second fight vs. Jack Dempsey, making him the first athlete in history to be paid $1,000,000 in a single year, or for a single sporting event.
DQw9Y TIL:A study by the University of Chicago found that laughing gas is useful in treating depression, with the same effects as ketamine therapy in low doses. Subjects were divided into 3 groups, high dose, low dose, and placebo. High dose led to more side effects and low dose made them sleepy.
Yg1A TIL that in some countries such as Mexico,Germany and Austria Prison escape is not punishable by law if the escaper doesn’t break any other laws due to the fact that the human instinct is to be free.
aNQZ TIL That Burger King was forced to change its whole franchise name to Hungry Jack’s in Australia due to a small takeaway joint already trademarking the name in Adelaide.