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TIL Over 10 million dogs and cats are lost or stolen in the U.S. every year and more than 80% are never found

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vPRPj TIL the oil in poison ivy, oak and sumac, urushiol, can remain active on surfaces for up to five (5) years!
aYbL TIL A Chicago couple won $30 million in the state lottery and didn’t tell anyone. Not even their kids.
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”
E1w00 TIL that until the early 20th century boys were routinely dressed like girls until they were 6 or 7 when they were "breeched", that is dressed in pants rather than dresses.
GYrL1 TIL that the land around General Sherman, the tallest tree on Earth, was briefly taken over by a socialist colony in 1886. Noting Sherman's role in the expulsion of Native Americans, the tree was renamed the Karl Marx Tree. The tree's original name was restored after Sequoia NP was founded.