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TIL Tiny the Wonder was a dog that was famous in mid-1800s London for killing 200 rats in an hour

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5YG7D TIL that the German national anthem's first verse (no longer sung on official occasions) mentions 3 rivers and a strait, all of which exist entirely outside the current borders of Germany.
rRDJd TIL in 1905, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, the Supreme Court ruled that states could enforce rules that restrain individual liberty, in favor of conserving the safety of the community
W76Y TIL At top speed the Bugatti Veyron will empty its 26 gallon tank in 12 minutes
X0PZR TIL in 2015, a man tried to claim he invented the chicken sandwich but U.S Courts ruled that the sandwich couldn't be copyrighted.
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