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Wojtek was a bear who served in the Polish army during WWII. Employed to haul ammunition, he was initially given the rank of private but was later promoted to corporal.

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In Europe, during the Middle Ages, animals were sometimes tried for crimes in a court of law.

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Everything we know about Socrates comes to us secondhand. He didn't write down any of his teachings, and neither did any of his students until after his death.

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In the year 1913, Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Tito, and Freud all lived in the city of Vienna.

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Corn flakes were originally designed by Dr. Kellogg as part of a bland vegetarian diet meant to reduce sexual desire.

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Level 46

Apr 2, 2019

Wojtek can defeat anyone with 1% of its power

Level 75

Feb 14, 2020

But Chuck Norris can defeat Wojtek with -1% of his power

Level 51

Dec 11, 2020

Wojtek can defeat Chuck Norris with -1,000,000 of his power.

Level 61

Apr 13, 2021

shrek can defeat both of them with 0.0000000000000000000000000000000001%

Level 30

May 5, 2022

Actually, he can defeat the universe with the reciprocal of 10^10^10^10^100, as a percentage.

Level 78

Feb 27, 2020

Imagine being in the military and being outranked by a bear. Norway also has a penguin who is colonel-in-chief of the Royal Guard and who has been knighted, most U.S. military dogs have a higher rank than their handlers, an army dog had a rank of Sergeant Major, and the U.S. and UK both have goats and mules in their militaries.

Level 68

May 18, 2020

What will they add next? Mice?

Level 85

Dec 30, 2021

Various navies have trained dolphins

Level 52

Feb 4, 2021

Wikipedia tells me Mussolini lived in Trento in 1913. Still within the same country as Vienna, I guess.

Level 58

Mar 16, 2021

Where was Mao at that time? :-D

Level 28

Sep 13, 2021

lol

Level 46

Apr 22, 2021

275 tho. i could use some cornflakes

Level 21

Apr 28, 2021

i think cornflakes go the other way around too

would not fall in love with someone so bland they eat plain cornflakes for breakfast

Level 25

Jan 12, 2023

neeeeeever insult plain cornflakes 💪

Level 59

Sep 30, 2021

As far as I know its actually not certain, if there were really that much trials against animals in the Middle Ages. Some historians believe those cases were just trial-cases written down to teach new apprentices the law.

Level 85

Dec 30, 2021

Freud was well established by 1913 but its quite likely Hitler, Trotsky and Stalin shared a cup of coffee as they were know to frequent the same cafe. Tito -- the only real working communist -- was too busy working in an auto factory to sip coffee like an intellectual. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21859771