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78MKp TIL that during World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded two Blue Cross medals for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by urinating on it.
ANWbd TIL that 15 birds would perish at the McCormick Place, the largest convention centre in the US, on a typical evening
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