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TIL that thousands of dogs in Moscow have mastered the Moscow Subway System and have learned to use it.

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Z40p TIL that in the state of Florida it is illegal for heterosexual couples to live together before marriage. Gay couples, however, are exempt.
WkRLN TIL that Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s grandfather made his fortune by smuggling opium from China, calling it a “fair, honorable and legitimate trade”
PYZEn TIL that in order to appease Persia for killing their ambassadors, Sparta sent two young noblemen volunteers, Bulis and Sperthias, to offer themselves to be executed in atonement. Xerxes sent the men back, saying that he would not sink to Sparta's level and did not consider Sparta's guilt loosened.
7eN7 TIL there’s a mathematical theorem called the “hairy ball theorem.” It states that you can’t comb a hairy 3D ball without getting a cowlick.
xBb7 TIL Ernest Hemingway, his father, his brother, his sister and his granddaughter all committed suicide.