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TIL St. Bernard rescue dogs never carried brandy barrels. The trope comes from an 1820 painting done by a 17 year old.

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Nj06 TIL Aziz Ansari started a group called “The Food Club”, that visits restaurants dressed in suits and captains hats, and if they like the food, they leave a plaque which states “The Food Club has dined here and deemed it plaque-worthy.”
p8BvZ TIL Vegetarians were found to be twice as likely to suffer from depression than the general population. Among possible causes, diets low in B-12, too much Omega-6 which is linked to mental health issues, and higher amounts of phytoestrogens due to soy based diets.
9Y69m TIL in the 1980s the Naval Investigative Service misunderstood the euphemism "a friend of Dorothy" and believed there was actually a woman named Dorothy at the center of a massive ring of gay military personnel. They searched for her in the hopes she would reveal names of gay military members.
neDmY TIL the USPS mistook a Las Vegas replica for the real Statue of Liberty when creating the Lady Liberty "forever" stamp in 2010, resulting in a $3.5m payout to the replica's sculptor for violating his copyright.
mxpRE TIL that during D-day, the USS Texas intentionality flooded a part of itself to help provide inland fire support. It flooded the starboard torpedo blister to list the ship 2 degrees, giving the ship’s guns enough elevation to continue its mission.