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TIL that with a net worth of $500 million, German Shepherd, Gunther IV is the world's richest dog. He inherited his fortune from his father, Gunther III, the previous richest dog in the world.

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neaLP TIL A dagger discovered in King Tutankhamen’s tomb, in 1925, was made of meteoric metal. It wasn’t until recently that scientists were able to confirm, using portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, that it was composed of iron, nickel, and cobalt, “strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin.”
yVlre TIL that in 1976, a man named Robert E. Casey was elected Treasurer of Pennsylvania because voters thought he was outgoing Auditor General and future Governor of Pennsylvania Robert P. Casey. He ran for re-election in 1980, but lost to his opponent R. Budd Dwyer.
W714 TIL the former dog mascots of Texas A&M University are buried in a graveyard near the football stadium with their noses and paws pointed so towards the scoreboard. This way, “they can always watch the Aggies outscore their opponent on the field”. In addition, thousands show for their funerals.
VN5k TIL of the Tulsa race riot, where a group of white people burned down 35 city blocks which contained the wealthiest african-american community in the country, using aircraft to drop firebombs. 10,000 black people were made homeless.
R5Dn1 TIL that the disco-pop group Boney M was a project of white German singer and the black guy was hired to lipsync only for marketing reasons.