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TIL A Device Exists That Can Make People Hear Voices In Their Head That Nobody Else Can Hear.

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6KeQ TIL Theodore Roosevelt boxed regularly during his presidency until he was hit so hard he went blind in one eye.
N7rZM TIL that in Germany, it is illegal to kill any animal that is a vertebrate "without proper reason" like the animal being ill or a danger to humans. Because of this, all German animal shelters are no-kill.
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