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TIL Saint Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers but also of epileptics and beekeepers

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Z8dPR TIL Pelorus Jack was a dolphin that used to guide ships through a notoriously dangerous channel in New Zealand. In 1904 someone aboard the SS Penguin tried to shoot Jack with a rifle, he survived and continued to guide all ships except the SS Penguin.
lZL5 TIL Georgy Zhukov, Marshall of the Soviet Union, loved Coca-Cola but didn’t want to be seen drinking a symbol of American imperialism. Through Harry S. Truman, he had a chemist make a colorless version that looked like vodka.
nyrd TIL When LulzSec hacked Nintendo, neither reported that any valuable information was taken. LulzSec did not mean harm to Nintendo saying: “We’re not targeting Nintendo. We like the N64 too much — we sincerely hope Nintendo plugs the gap.”
GYlm5 TIL one of the original members of Fleetwood Mac went out to the store while on tour in California in 1971. He never returned and, after the band, record producers, and the police searched for him for several days, it was discovered that he had joined a cult called The Children of God.
LkAYQ TIL the diagnostic criteria for sexual disorders were tested on only three patients before being added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in 1980. No field trials were ever conducted.