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TIL Bomb and Drug sniffing dogs will eventually develop psychological problems if they never find any, and must occasionally be taken on dummy missions to satisfy their ‘prey-drive.’

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9YX4G TIL that during the sinking of the Titanic, an order to evacuate women and children first by Captain Smith was misinterpreted to mean women and children only. As a result, men were prevented from entering lifeboats even when they were empty seats and only 20% of men survived.
p806G TIL about Frank and Louis, the longest surviving two faced cat, who lived for 15 years.
R7oZj TIL Lamborghini, Audi, Bentley, Porsche, Ducati, Scoda , Seat are all owned by Volkswagen.
yVYpM TIL that Henryk Siwiak was killed on a street of Brooklyn shortly before midnight. He is the only victim on the list of murders in New York on September 11, 2001, since the city does not include the deaths from the 9/11 attacks in its official crime statistics. His murder has never been solved.
A7V4 TIL That 10 years after Britain no longer made vaccinations mandatory, there was an outbreak that resulted in a number of teenagers contracting diseases.