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TIL U.S. military dogs have ranks, and usually outrank their handlers out of respect and military custom

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a8MLL TIL that the Hoover dam is still curing and will take 15 - 20 years to finally be complete
d8k78 TIL about Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy- 1 of 2 men died, other went crazy watching the corpse wave in a "beckoning" motion. This lead to lighthouses having a crew of 3.
LJw9 TIL of a man who lost his vision and hearing in an accident. After 9 years, he had his senses restored after being struck by lightning while chasing his pet chicken during a storm.
8aOpX TIL that guitar god Eddie Van Halen once did a soundtrack for a porn movie
BBpd TIL after 9/11 there was a proposal to “to consider taking Saudi out of Arabia by forcibly seizing control of the oil fields, giving the Hijaz back to the Hashemites, and delegating control of Medina and Mecca to a multinational committee of moderate, non-Wahhabi Muslims”