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TIL the dog who played Air Bud was also Comet on Full House

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1aYjr TIL when Monkee Michael Nesmith offered his song "Different Drum" for the group, the producers of their TV show, who had control over the material, turned it down, it would go on to be one of the first major hits for singer Linda Ronstadt and her band the Stone Poneys
M7m8W TIL that Alexander Hamilton, quite the dueling enthusiast, paid hush money in America’s first political sex scandal, nearly dueled James Monroe over it, only to have that duel broken up by Aaron Burr, whom he had also dueled multiple times.
xMwo TIL that Islamic schools, “Maddrassas,” funded largely by Saudi Arabia, provide the only viable means for most Pakistani boys to get an education, and in many regions outnumber the state run schools.
1LYD TIL the US used the Navajo language to communicate in codes that were unbreakable to Japanese Intelligence. It is still the only spoken military code to never have been deciphered.
BrwVk TIL that the African Spiny Mouse can release it's skin (like a lizard releases it's tail) on attack and completely regrow it. This feature, which is called autotomy, has given hope for replicating regeneration capabilities in humans. The African Spiny Mouse is the only known mammal, to do this.