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TIL: In 1860’s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were “best friends” became local celebrities, their exploits were celebrated in local papers, and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers.

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DaJP TIL Bill Murray once got lost in the jungles of Bali on a motorbike. He was later found putting on an impromptu show with all of the locals of a small village in attendance, even though he didn’t speak Balinese.
KYdbw TIL that the Nazis also killed ~1.8 million residents of Poland who were not Jewish, because they considered them racially inferior.
G6dG TIL of a prank which involved a stolen gnome and several photos of the gnome next to famous land marks around the world being sent back to the gnome’s owner and even inspired an achievement on Half Life 2.
nW6nd TIL about salps, transparent marine creatures. A solitary salp reproduces asexually by budding a chain of clones that create light. A salp starts life as a female and then turns into a male.
V4lG TIL that SuperDry is actually a UK-based company that writes Japanese text on its clothing to emulate the practice of Japanese clothing companies that write meaningless English words on their clothes to attract appeal.