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TIL Waterboys in the NFL make an average $53,000 salary

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R5Rpw TIL the Nazis considered cats to be “Jews amongst the animals” because they were “antisocial” and forbade actual Jews from owning any pets to make it easier to deport them without leaving behind animals.
XEA6X TIL Laika, the first Soviet Space Dog died within hours due to overheating. This was not made public until 2002; it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.
mdQv TIL Bolivia employs people in zebra costumes to direct traffic. If you roll onto a crosswalk, they will dance on top of your car.
9Re7 TIL that a Burger King in Finland recently opened a sauna in its restaurant. Customers do not eat burgers in there.
R57D6 TIL that Winston Churchhill defended the collaborationist Security Batallions of Greece, which encouraged them to commit war crimes under the belief that their actions would go unpunished. Almost all of them walked free after the Allies won WWII.