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TIL that snub-nosed dog breeds continually struggle to breathe because of their deformity

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Kpo6 TIL When Randy Johnson hit a bird with a fastball 15 years ago, PETA tried to give him a hard time about it.
9WKr TIL South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world and a basket case economy in 1960, with a GDP Per capita of $79 (poorer than some African countries). 50 years later, the GDP per capita was over $20,000 and the country is a major world economy.
WA5B TIL during the shooting of the Killer Rabbit scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the crew dyed the rabbit with what they assumed was washable red dye. When they realized it wasn’t, shooting was halted while the cast frantically tried to clean it before the owner realized what happened.
wAm7 TIL that in the early 20th century, thousands of people would spend their vacations in a town where the main attraction was a natural source of water that acted as a laxative.
neYmb TIL When Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was 15 years old, his family was going through a rough period. After losing their apartment, his mother Ata Johnson, stopped their car on a Nashville highway and tried to walk into oncoming traffic. The Rock grabbed her and pulled her back, saving her life.