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TIL that George Washinton owned a quartet of dogs named Drunkard, Taster, Tipler and Tipsy

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b6E6E TIL About Amedeo I of Spain, king for two years, after a couple armed uprisings, an independence war, assassination attempts and political deadlocks he willingly abdicated, leading to the establishment of the Spanish republic, declaring that "Spanish people were ungovernable".
RDv6 TIL that the voice actress for Bubbles from “The Powerpuff Girls” has done 573 other credited voice roles, including Timmy Turner from “The Fairly OddParents”, Dil Pickles from “The Rugrats” and Omi from “Xiaolin Showdown”.
lol5r TIL 98.5% of crimes in Mexico go unpunished.
epPy4 TIL that "heroin" was a brand name owned by Bayer until the Treaty of Versailles after WWI, when the German pharmaceutical company had to give up its trademarks for reparations.
DvrV TIL Dogs are the only non-primate species that seeks to make eye contact with humans