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TIL male puppies playing with female puppies will often let the females win, even if the males have a physical advantage.

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Yw67 TIL that in 1970 President Nixon had the White House guards uniform redesigned to be more fancy. They received much criticism, such as looking “like a palace guard of toy soldiers” and did not last long. They were later sold to the Meriden-Cleghorn High School Marching Band in Iowa.
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