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TIL The Arabic word for hamster roughly translates as “Mr Saddlebags”.

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D1YlJ TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."
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