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TIL that in Mumbai, blue dogs were found roaming the streets due to industrial waste

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woddo TIL that several counties in Michigan have nonsense names. 19th century geographer Henry Schoolcraft invented meaningless "Indian-sounding" place names by combining Latin, Arabic, and Ojibwe sounds.
nWXb7 TIL middle class workers are looked down on for golfing
J1gVm TIL that the Goseck Circle, a neolithic structure in Germany has entrances that align with the sunrise and sunset on both the winter and summer solstice. It was built around 4,900 BC making it nearly 7,000 old. This makes it older than Newgrange in Ireland and Stonehenge in England.