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TIL dogs are the most diverse land mammal and the largest dogs are 40 times the size of the smallest

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8eMgZ TIL Sherlock Holmes only became public domain a couple of months ago
GY9oE Today I learned that the Original Olympic Flag was stolen by an American Diver on a dare then kept by him for 80 years.
QORE TIL that the pledge of allegiance was created by a magazine company to sell more subscriptions
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