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TIL President Franklin Roosevelt's german shepard, Major, bit and nearly ripped the pants off the British Prime Minister during a state visit to the White House

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X5BE TIL that there is a biker gang from Arizona who help keep child abuse victims safe while the child’s abuser is prosecuted, including guarding their houses at night if person is not yet in jail and attending court with the child, shielding them so they don’t have to look at their abuser
OoyGg TIL that Louis Vuitton (the designer) left his childhood home at age 13 after his mother's death. He then decided to go to Paris by foot, a journey that took him 2 years, finding shelter and work as he went along.
Z8r6Y TIL that in the ancient Greek city of Sybaris, the first version of a patent law gave a cook that created a new and unique dish for a year the exclusive rights to it
wKko TIL that Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans
ykQV TIL that Howard Hughes special ordered 200 gallons of Baskin-Robbins’ Banana Ripple ice cream, then decided days later he preferred Chocolate Marshmallow. And as of 1996 it was thought that the ice cream still lingered in the Desert Inn’s freezer.