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TIL if a child's fingertip gets severed off, a new fingertip may regrow.

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jNyaj TIL of the amazing and fearless POW dog Judy, who uplifted and protected British prisoners captured by the Japanese during WW2. She skirted death multiple times and survived the war. Her “master” built her a granite memorial inscribed with her life story when she died of old age
5YkVB TIL of a sea slug that can sever its own head and grow a new body to escape internal parasites.
ARBg TIL during WWII, over 400,000 German POWs were sent to the United States. In the POW camps, they often held theatrical and musical performances, were allowed to leave the camps without guards on the honor system, and were able to work on farms, mills, and other places for fair wages.
N74oP TIL that Frederick Forsyth's novel, The Dogs of War, is considered a textbook for mercenaries. His novel, Day of the Jackal, is considered a guide for assassins.
EMQV TIL The reason zombies on The Walking Dead Aren’t called zombies is that it’s an alternate universe where zombie fiction never existed