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TIL That Polar Bears Have Black Skin Under Their Fur

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Ypkvv TIL a man sent free tennis balls to people all over the world if they promised to use them to play with their dogs
e0D0k TIL After Col. Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers."
e0E5E TIL that NFL officials used to use a gunshot to signal the end of a quarter. In 1994 they switched to using a whistle.
n6AP TIL When 71 potential witnesses to a murder in a Belfast bar all claimed to be in the toilet during the attack, the 4 x 3 foot toilet became known as the TARDIS.
wLKlo TIL of Howard Blackburn—a sailor who, after becoming stranded and losing his mittens in a small boat off the coast of Newfoundland, let his hands freeze in a hooked position so he could row back to shore. He lost all his fingers, but survived and went on to sail across the Atlantic single-handedly.