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TIL that People Have More Empathy for Battered Dogs than Human Adult, But Not Child, Victims

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VNEk TIL that Calvin Coolidge awoke to a burglar in his hotel room, talked the burglar out of robbing him, loaned him $32, and told him how to leave without being arrested
8epbL TIL Dutch artist Francis Alÿs pushed a block of ice around Mexico City for 9 hours to symbolize the frustration that everyday residents of Mexico City endure in an effort to improve their living conditions
J55V TIL Every year since the year 2000 has been the hottest on record.
jNP9n TIL Thomas Jefferson was skeptical about extinction, and thought mastodons were probably lurking in the deep West.
x6gMo TIL Indians of the Winnebago, and Sioux, and Dakota tribe are currently de jure prohibited the "rights of occupancy within the State of Minnesota" under federal law enacted by congress, Commonly referred to as The Winnebago Removal Act, and the Sioux - Dakota Removal Act - Reposted with a New Source