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TIL: Immigration authorities at Dubai airport keep a sample/specimen passport from every country on file to help spot fake passports.

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newMB TIL some states/cities consider it ownership to feed stray animals. They have laws which state if you feed strays, you are acting in responsibility for it as an owner. As a result, you're held legally liable for the animal's behavior (attacks) and liable for its medical needs (shots and checkups).
5YjXB TIL: Thousands more German troops died in the American Revolutionary War than British soldiers
e0Bvn TIL after watching Snow White together with C.S. Lewis, J.R.R Tolkien grew a massive hatred towards Walt Disney, calling him a "cheat" and his works as "vulgar" and "disgusting".
yQXMp TIL that scientists discovered a cannibalistic ant colony composed entirely of worker ants in a abandoned Soviet Bunker in Poland. They had fallen down ventilation pipes leading into the bunker and reverted to cannibalism to survive. The scientists built a bridge that allowed most of them to escape.
EgDj7 TIL the language of Madagascar is related to the languages of Malaysia, Hawaii, and Easter Island