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TIL of Hachikō, the legendary Japanese Akita dog who stood waiting for his owner for over nine years after his owner died at his workplace. He would wait for him every day until he himself died.

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b6yN4 TIL about Salty and Roselle, two guide dogs who became heroes on 9/11. Salty guided his owner, Omar Rivera, down 70 flights in the North Tower. Roselle led Michael Hingson from the 78th floor, navigating through smoke and debris. Both dogs helped their owners reach safety.
Brjay TIL that Nintendo created an entire factory for the sole purpose of creating Virtual Boy consoles. It expected to sell 1.5 million units of the Virtual Boy within its first year. The Virtual Boy sold a total of 770,000 units during its entire lifetime. It is the company's worst-selling console.
okwo TIL machine guns mounted on early propeller aircraft had to be timed to fire bullets through the spinning blades without hitting them
KYV9J TIL that Eternal September refers to the volume of new users to the Internet that occurred each September, when university students would gain access to it for the first time in the early '90s.
vPbj8 TIL that Apple designs and tests its product boxes so that they open at just the right speed