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TIL Miles “Tim” Horton, founder of eponymous Canadian donut chain, died in car crash at 44 while DUI

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oBAE8 TIL the name titmouse comes from the Scandinavian “tit” (small) and the Old English “mase” (bird), literally “small bird”
B04x TIL that grizzly bears sometimes cover their tracks when they are being followed by hunters.
Kd1w TIL Cesar Millan’s well known pitbull, Daddy was previously owned by rapper Redman who gave the dog to Cesar after realizing he could not care for the dog due to his career taking off. Cesar used Daddy as his right-hand dog for rehabilitating troubled canines.
MeZgW TIL: There are over 15 countries that have multiple capital cities, including South Africa, Chile, and Malaysia.
6EGGY TIL: During the Vietnam War, the US decided to draft 350,000 people who had failed military entrance tests. “McNamera’s Morons” died at 3x the rate of other GIs.