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TIL Churchill kept a bed in the Houses of Parliament and believed that napping was the key to his success in leading the country through the Battle of Britain.

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WVmo TIL That the German Shepherd was named Alsatian becuase it was thought the word German might harm the breed after the World Wars.
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