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TIL Iowa man Jerald Reiter brought his pet zebra & parrot into the Dog House bar in Dubuque, but the bartender told the trio to leave. Although his truck wasn't in motion when police found Reiter sitting in his truck with the zebra & parrot, he was charged with an OWI. A friend drove the pets home.

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