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TIL dogs that served with the US Army in Afghanistan from 2010 - 2014 were poorly treated upon discharge, some were left in kennels for many months and not cared for, while others remain unaccounted. Several soldiers later searched for and rescued their ex-partners.

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daoK TIL the heaviest weight lifted by a human was 6,270 pounds, by Paul Anderson, who backlifted it in 1957. That’s more weight than an average female African elephant.
kBlB TIL The human starvation response is unique among all other animals and in that our brains do not require the ingestion of glucose to function. Giving us a prolonged high cognitive function and mobility in the face of starvation.
GKGE TIL When asked when he first acknowledged his sexuality, Fry quipped: “I suppose it all began when I came out of the womb. I looked back up at my mother and thought to myself, ‘That’s the last time I’m going up one of those’”
wLEXM TIL: The poorest President in the world was former Uruguay President Jose Mujica, who only received a monthly salary of $7.5k. He gave away 90% of his salary and only declared $1.8k as his wealth in 2010, his 1987 Volkswagon.
R7NVw TIL that an Escher sentence is a comparative sentence that seems to make sense but doesn't on closer inspection: "more people have been to Russia than I have"