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TIL Switzerland has forbidden people from keeping lone guinea pigs because the animals are sociable and need each other’s company

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7rMpp TIL only 2 infectious diseases have been completely eradicated: the rinderpest virus which affects cattle, and the smallpox virus
gM1K4 TIL that the last American WWI veteran lied about his age to serve in the military at 16. He told one recruiter he was 18 but was told to go home "before my mother noticed I was gone." Instead of being discouraged, he doubled down and told the next recruiter he was 21 and was signed up on the spot.
neD6P TIL Scientists and mathematicians test higher on autism spectrum
LkLaV TIL about a vigilante from the 1970s who called himself captain sticky. He was a peanut butter and jelly themed crime fighter who had a car that squirted PB&J from the front that he would use to stop kids from stealing hub caps and making graffiti. He later started targeting shady businesses.
aw41Z TIL Before the year 1913, it was perfectly legal to mail a baby.