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TIL there's a dog obesity crisis in the United Kingdom

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LkNkv TIL a man handmade his own postage stamps featuring his face for years to mail letters all over the world, and was never found out.
nWDDb TIL of the horse Comanche, the only horse to make it back from the Battle of Little Bighorn, despite being gravely wounded.
Aedg TIL Forrest Gump beat ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and 'Pulp Fiction’ to win the Oscar for the Best Picture in 1995. Also, Tom Hanks beat Morgan Freeman and John Travolta to win the Best Actor in the same year.
VBYj0 TIL that the demiurge of Gnosticism originally came from Plato’s dialogue timaeus. the demiurge of timaeus is depicted as a benevolent figure who shaped the universe whereas the Demiurge of Gnosticism is depicted as an evil or ignorant figure who created the material universe.
xee7 TIL That a pug named Pompey woke up the prince of the Netherlands thwarting an assassination attempt. To this day the pug has been the official dog of the house of orange.