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TIL of the ‘Judas Goat,’ a goat which would keep panicked livestock calm in a slaughterhouse. The goat would stay calm because it would always live.

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R7PXw TIL that among George Washingtons many dogs, one of them was named Cornwallis, after general Cornwallis
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