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TIL more than 5,000 mail carriers get attacked by dogs each year.

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8aDJG TIL that while Mickey Mouse's debut Steamboat Willie is now one of the most famous cartoons ever made, the main feature attached to it, Gang War, was completely forgotten and is now lost.
XEg6E TIL the 1979 Sears catalog sold a corner pool table
ne9m7 TIL that White Peacocks are not albino peacocks, rather they are born all white, due to a genetic variation. Albino animals have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes, and albino skin is very pale. White peafowl have blue eyes and colored skin. They are not found in the wild.
KO4GG TIL that Einstein's support for pacifist, civil rights and left-wing causes in Europe had drawn suspicion from J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, and after his arrival to America, the Bureau launched what would eventually become a 22-year surveillance campaign since the FBI believed Einstein was a Soviet spy.
7O6Z TIL rockets have white and black patterns named “roll patterns” to monitor their movement when launched.