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TIL that Dalmatians have a natural affinity for horses, and were popularized as firefighter's dogs because they were used to calm and guard the horses that pulled the firefighters' carriages back in the day.

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R7rA6 TIL that we pronounce Arkansas differently than Kansas because one (Arkansas) uses the french pronunciation and the other (Kansas) the english pronunciation of the same root word.
VBRX8 TIL: The first black applicant to the then all white University of Mississippi was committed to an insane asylum for being crazy enough to apply (1958, Clennen King).
ao0 TIL as well as writing the song, Phil Collins performed “You’ll Be In My Heart” from Tarzan in the English, French, German, Italian, Spanish AND Bulgarian versions of the film.
aOQN TIL That the number of Voodoo Practitioners in New Orleans dropped 90% after Hurricane Katrina
1a4bW TIL that former US Presidents can be elected again if they were only elected for 1 term. Jimmy Carter is the only living, former US President that could technically be President again.