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TIL the first living creature to orbit the earth was Laika, a stray Russian dog. Russian scientists figured a stray dog already learned to endure harsh conditions of cold temperature and hunger making it an ideal astronaut.

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OGyme TIL the sons of Bob Marley, Ziggy , Damian, and Stephen have won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album over ten times in the last 26 years
XEy4R TIL that since independence in 1947, Pakistan has had 22 Prime Ministers. Not one of them has served for a full term, either due to being assassinated, deposed, or forced to resign
eppxJ TIL of all youth sports, baseball has the highest fatality rate
M7XE8 TIL the director Tony Kaye of American History X was regarded as unemployable by Hollywood because the studio wanted Edward Norton's cut which had an additional 18 minutes of footage. Kaye took out $100k in ads condemning Norton and studio and tried changing his name in the credits to Humpty Dumpty
GlQg TIL for-profit prisons are one of top groups lobbying against legalizing marijuana