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TIL that the dog from the iconic cover of "National Lampoon" with a gun to its head died from being shot by an unknown person. Also, TIL the dogs name was 'Cheeseface.'

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YpkBG TIL that during the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since.
b9x0E TIL: Two large fake rocks used in a James Bond movie are still outside in Antofagasta, Chile, where moviemakers left them after "Quantum of Solace" filming wrapped.
vPmKK TIL that unlike motherhood, fatherhood is not mentioned in Universal Declaration of Human rights.
W7LLL TIL the Arctic ground squirrel can enter a state of hibernation where its body temperature drops to below freezing.
Y7gXW TIL about Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night (or Op PX). It was a biological attacked plan by the Imperial Japanese Navy to use seaplanes to deliver weaponized Bubonic Plague to the Western Coast of United States. The plan was abandoned and briefly reconsidered after the Japanese surrender to US.