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TIL that Henry Kissinger once said that “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”

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rRl7e TIL a man running an ultramarathon was joined by a stray dog for more than 77 miles (125 km) through the Gobi Desert, but he lost track of the dog after the race. With help from 20 volunteers, he finally found the dog after a 2-week search, named him Gobi and brought him back to live in Edinburgh.
woeGJ TIL 60% of marriages in Pakistan are between 1st or 2nd cousins
Eg5ap TIL that during the filming of the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted Danny Trejo's mom passed away. Danny managed to keep it all together when people on set gave him their condolences, until Kermit offered his own, which caused him to run to the bathroom to bawl his eyes out.
G7E1 TIL that the 27-year partner of Sally Ride, the first American woman and youngest American ever to travel in space, is denied benefits because of the Defense of Marriage Act
16xAd TIL "Last Kiss" is a 1961 cover. Pearl Jam donated the proceeds from their version to refugees of the Kosovo War, which helped earn about $10 million for Kosovo relief.