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TIL in 2012 a stray cat entered the home of a blind dog called Terfel and became his seeing-eye guide. Confined to his basket so he didn’t bump into things, the cat sensed Terfel’s disability and began using his paws to gently lead him around the house; he even assisted for trips to the local park.

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7rJRx TIL that Czech doctors successfully delivered a baby girl 117 days after her mother had suffered a severe stroke and became brain dead. After delivery, they disconnected the mother’s life support.
rGlM TIL biologists have revived 8-million-year-old bacterium that was extracted from Antarctic ice
NGOQ TIL that ice was shipped from Boston around the world. Frederick Tudor, who basically had a monopoly on the trade, became known as “The Ice King” and was one of the wealthiest people in the world.
rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"
p8ZB8 TIL People have a cognitive bias where they over-estimate how noticeable their embarrassing behaviour is to others.