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TIL: it is illegal to import or possess a hamster as a pet in Australia

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gMpJX TIL a Border Collie named Chaser had the largest vocabulary of any animal in history. Being able to identify over 1000 toys by name.
VoY0 TIL in 1984 an contestant made it onto the game show Press Your Luck. He discovered using his stop-motion VCR that the presumed random patterns of the game board were not random and memorized the sequences. On the game he was on, he won 45 consecutive spins. winning $110,237 in cash & prizes.
lrya TIL in most US states, if the arresting officer uses excessive force that could cause “great bodily harm,” the arrestee has the right to defend him or herself.
aKgA TIL of an extinct species of penguin that stood as tall as LeBron James (6'8")
VMDR0 TIL Soviet scientists accidently turned lead into gold during their tests with an experimental nuclear reactor