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TIL: pets can donate blood for use in surgeries on other animals - and dogs typically donate 450ml, which is the same as humans do (in the UK).

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By4y TIL Molly Pitcher manned a cannon during the Revolutionary War when her husband fainted from heat stroke or injury. She didn’t back down, even when a cannonball shot the skirt from between her legs.
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