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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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rNJL1 TIL The Little White schoolhouse built in 1853 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is the birthplace of the Republican Party. The first meeting was held on March 20, 1854 to fight against the spread of slavery. This meeting and another in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6 led to the formation of the Republican Party.
JYGmk TIL: A research that analyzed the birthdays of all 20 million husbands and wives in England and Wales failed to reveal any evidence of attraction or compatibility between people of particular star signs.
loLYr TIL that Republic of China have a legislative election in 1948, where 200 million voters vote for their legislators in 47 provinces, municipalities, 18 Mongolian Leagues, Tibetan area, oversea Chinese region . Making China the largest democracy at the time.
Wkm6B TIL People born deaf with schizophrenia see disembodied hands signing to them, as opposed to "hearing" voices
ANYkg TIL mIRC still exists and being updated, last one came out 2 months ago.