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TIL that two Japanese sled dogs survived alone in Antarctica for 11 months

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W7wVN TIL the youngest recorded death at the Golden Gate Bridge was five-year-old Marilyn DeMont, in 1945. Her father commanded her to jump before he followed by diving after her. A simple note was found in the DeMont car stating, "I and my daughter have committed suicide."
g9bW TIL John Lennon’s son Julian Lennon had to buy back his father’s letters written to him and other of John’s belongings in an auction that Yoko Ono did after John’s death. Julian basically used his dad’s money to buy his dad’s belongings.
rN0QM TIL that the Emperor Vespasian issued out a tax on urine collected from public toilets
eXr6 TIL the average child in the UK spends less time outdoors than prison inmates
N7rjE TIL NASA's landing of the Curiosity rover was copyright claimed on YouTube