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TIL that Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son John, utilizing a stacking technique used by the two men during their joint design of a Japanese earthquake-proof hotel. After Frank fell out with his son and refused to pay him for his work, John patented the technique as retaliation.
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TIL of Smoky, the tiny four-pound Terrier dog who served and assisted the US in WW2 after being found abandoned in a foxhole in New Guinea , and who later became histories first therapy dog.
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TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed.