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TIL two vegan parents severely ignored dietary and medical needs of their child resulting in her death, and they never went to jail for it.

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Egao TIL there are two Jews left in Afghanistan, they both hate one another and therefore each have their own private synagogue.
P11ML TIL that in order to quickly identify the training of their mules in a herd, the US Army shaved bells into the tail. One bell meant the animal could pack, two meant it could pack & drive, and three meant it was also broke to ride.
5Yj6R TIL that UPS was founded in 1907 by 19 yr. olds James Casey and Claude Ryan, using two bicycles, a phone, a tiny office in a saloon, and a borrowed $100. United Parcel Service has become a multi-billion dollar corporation.
D1Dav TIL that the Portuguese Man o’ War is actually technically not a jellyfish. It’s actually a bunch of smaller organisms that can’t survive on their own and work together to function as one animal.
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