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TIL famed dancer Josephine Baker was a spy during WW2 and had a pet cheetah.

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EgZPX TIL of Charles Valadier, a dentist who used his Rolls Royce 'Silver Ghost' as a mobile dental surgery unit to treat facial injuries of wounded soldiers on the front during World War 1. Using the Rolls-Royce on the frontline, Valadier became a pioneer of maxillofacial reconstructive surgery.
oBdgA TIL scientists determine a blue whale's age by counting the layers of it's earwax.
GALEG TIL before the reintroduction of the horse to North America indigenous people of the great plains would use dog pulled travois to transport goods
R5gw7 TIL that during America’s post war occupation of Germany between May 1945 and December 1948, nearly 50 American servicemen were murdered.
v1Wxj TIL in the year 1900, the black plague came to California, causing years of politicians and businessmen denying the existence of any plague while scientists tried to stop its spread. At least 172 people died over the following 8 years. There is still an average of 7 cases every year in the USA.