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TIL That it's not a crime to escape prison in Germany and Belgium, because they say freedom is a basic human right

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9D17 TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.
Vde4 TIL that until 2006 Russian Cosmonauts carried weapons into space. This included a pistol, shotgun, and machete. The purpose of these weapons was to defend the Cosmonauts from wolves, bears and other wildlife after their return trip to the Siberian wilderness
xZM1 TIL The US Government spent 20 years and $20m on an experimental project to test and train telepaths for military use
0dAO1 TIL The iconic theme from The Legend of Zelda for the NES was arranged in one night because Nintendo composer Koji Kondo initially planned to use Ravel's Boléro as the title theme for The Legend of Zelda, but had to change it because the song's copyright had not yet expired.
8NM4 TIL in 1988 at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq had an army of 1 million, rendering it the 4th largest army in the world.