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TIL the square patch on backpacks like Jansport is called a lash tab or pig snout. Originally, it was designed for outdoor packs to pass string through it and fasten equipment.

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adbM TIL that, after his disabled owner was struck by a car, ‘Endal’ the service dog pulled his unconscious owner into the recovery position, retrieved his mobile phone from beneath the car, fetched a blanket and covered him, and then ran to a nearby hotel to obtain help
eppb5 TIL that the highest-ranking US military officer of Vietnamese descent is the only survivor of a family whose killer was photographed being shot in the head in a Pulitzer-winning photograph.
j6XXa TIL about the Morning Glory cloud, a rare meteorological phenomenon. It is a cloud that can be up to 1000 km (620 mi) long and 1-2 km (0.62-1.24 mi) high. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly
VMpLD TIL most avocados are descended from one tree grown by a Milwaukee postman in 1926
BmWx [TIL] The term “Regressive Left” was coined by Maajid Nawaz, to describe the set of liberals who tolerate illiberal principles like racism and homophobia, so long as it is a minority group that espouses those principles