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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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d87JQ TIL that The Sound of Music is a true story
LkKRZ TIL in 1911 one of the US House of Representatives members proposed an amendment that would abolish the Senate.
RQKj TIL that Texas has the lowest high school graduation rate. It’s also the only state to be below 80%.
VMgoD TIL that Archimedes estimated the value of pi with a polygon in a circle in a polygon. He made the diameter of the circle 1, so the circumference was pi. With the circle's diameter, he found the perimeters of the polygons. Therefore, the value of pi (the circle's circumference) is in between them.
4XXWb Short answer: Every once in a (very long) while