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TIL dogs don’t feel guilt

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VMAeG TiL that on July 8th, 1941 the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney along with the rest of her squadron attempted to shoot down the planet Venus thinking it was a high altitude bomber. Venus managed to survive the engagement.
b6n4p TIL : a man from colombia was diagnosed with tapeworm cancer
Ypy0Z TIL One of the chimneys on the bridge, which can be mistaken for a lamp post, connects up to an old fireplace in a guardroom of the Tower of London.
4kZLX TIL John Sweeney, the first citizen to officially receive an SSA number, never collected any retirement benefits. He began paying his assessment in 1936, and died in 1978, at age 61
grKK9 TIL that former President of Liberia Charles King has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the most fraudulent election in history. In the 1927 election, he secured victory with 234,000 votes in a country with a population of only 15,000.