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TIL of Chaser, a border collie whose tested memory was the highest of any non-human animal. She could identify and retrieve 1022 different toys based on name and category.

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GYBv7 TIL the No Child Left Behind Act requires high schools to give recruiters kids’ contact information unless the parents specifically opt out
NbVP TIL Volvo decided to release the patent for the three-point seatbelt because they believed the lives it was likely to save was more significant than profit
R798l TIL about Sandbranch, a town about 14 Miles from Dallas which hasn't had running water for more than 30 Years
eK0J TIL American businesses supplied Saddam Hussein with the chemical/biological agents used in the Kurdish Genocide.
5Vxj9 TIL about the island of Attu—the Westernmost point of the United States and site of the only WWII land battle on US soil