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TIL the famous dog, Balto, was sold to a LA freak show and was kept chained in a small cage for years after his famous trek

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WLmB TIL Neil Armstrong once sued his barber of 20 years after he sold his hair to a collector for $3,000
rpXe TIL a man was so infuriated about losing a knife fight in Counter Strike, that he spent 6 months tracking down his opponent, and stabbed him in real life.
R58b9 TIL a study found that men wash their hands much less often than women after using the bathroom. 15% of men don’t wash their hands at all. Of those me. that did, only 50% used soap. 7% of women didn’t wash and 78% used soap.
epeV5 TIL The Swedish version of the Survivor reality show is called Robinson. The name alludes to both Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, two stories featuring people marooned by shipwrecks.
eWnE TIL in the early 1800s the British adopted the Nine Principle of Ethical Policing, under which “Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police.“ They also don’t carry guns.