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TIL: In Switzerland, it's illegal to own only one guinea pig

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W7Qjo TIL That pigeons can distinguish between the works of Picasso and Monet
a8nbJ TIL a German fighter pilot ended up escorting a heavily-damaged American bomber out of German airspace in 1943 after he saw the bomber pilot struggling with the plane and his shattered crew. After 50 years, the two pilots found each other and became close friends
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