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TIL the Shogun who ruled Japan 1680–1709 introduced animal rights laws and fed dogs in public kennels rice and fish at the taxpayers’ expense.

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D1mQD TIL flypaper used to be made with metallic arsenic, which some people would soak in water to extract the poison. Fly paper had been used in several murder cases.
bYp7 TIL There Have Only Been 3 Perfect Games in Putt-Putt Professional Golfers Association (PPPGA) History
kO9eB TIL in the USA uses spelled rather than spelt when it comes to the past tense of spell.
Ovma TIL in 1120 the the captain of the White Ship was encouraged by on-board revelers to try and overtake another vessel on which King Henry I was a passenger. In the dark the ship hit a submerged rock and capsized, leading to the death of Henry’s only heir, which led to a 20 year civil war.
nPnY TIL the first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975 but then dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photographic-film business