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TIL about the Caterpillar Club whose members all survived a disabled aircraft by bailing out with a parachute, which during WW2 were made from silk spun by caterpillars.

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awMPb TIL that a fearless goat-herding dog called Odin refused to abandon his flock of goats during deadly California wildfires in 2017, while his owners ran to safety. Days later his family returned to their destroyed home and found him AND the goats still alive.
newP TIL there is a 6 inch column of land and air in California that legally belongs to nobody
amm0 TIL that rats sometimes get their tails intertwined. They then proceed to live out their lives and move together as one. This foul creature is called a Rat King and can consist of up to 30 rats.
d89m7 TIL George Washington was a Master Mason
aw76L TIL that the clocks in microwaves and stoves use the frequency of the power grid to keep time instead of quartz crystals. As the frequency can fluctuate, this explains why they keep poor time.