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TIL in 1986 the US Government released a music album featuring McGruff the Crime Dog in an effort to combat drug use

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jxON TIL that Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”
kOyJE TIL that due to the fact that they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like dolphins, seals, and whales.
ONV4 TIL that Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II owned both a lion and tiger which he allowed to freely roam around his castle in Prague, despite the fact that they occasionally mauled or killed servants
X0EyP TIL about a flight which was forced to turn back due to a smelly poo
kOE1m TIL of Jean Mill, a cat breeder and conservationist who worked to protect the asian leopard cat, she disliked the fur trade so much that she successfully crossed an asian leopard with a domestic cat, creating the Bengal Cat breed, such that people can own cats with the same style of fur.