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TIL That Heartworm is currently not present in the UK, therefore eliminating all risk to dogs and cats living there.

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KayJ TIL Michael Jackson tried to hang out casually at a club and people watch but was surprised when he heard the DJ play remixes of his songs and said “Wow, I didn’t know that they still played my music” in 2008
grPE7 TIL in 1956, the U.S. Air Force attempted but were unable to shoot down a runaway drone in southern California. All their rockets fell, causing large brushfires and damaging homes and vehicles in the city of Palmdale. 1,000 acres (400 ha) were burned. It became known as the "Battle of Palmdale".
R54Q6 TIL The name of the Ghibli animation studio was chosen because of Miyazaki's interest in airplanes, this is the nickname of an Italian aircraft with the full name Caproni Ca.309. In addition, in Italian, it means hot wind in the desert.
oBDD7 TIL Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in WWII
1aZMO TIL about Australia drifting so fast, GPS has to be corrected.