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TIL That the Philippines has the largest endemic wild pig species in the Genus Sus

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16J04 TIL That there are clay pipes that wash up in The Thames, having been used for centuries as disposable, short-term pipes. They went out of favor with the rise of cigarettes.
7rbMZ TIL Francis Tumblety, a man suspected to be Jack the Ripper, was also arrested for being allegedly complicit in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
gMND4 TIL that 3 Dogs Survived the Titanic Catastrophe. A Pekingese and 2 Pomeranians were thought to have survived because they were kept in their owners’ first-class cabins instead of the kennel onboard the ship.
GAvP1 TIL the 1916 and 1968 presidential elections are the only times where the winner lost both their home state and their running mate's state.
rA7x TIL In a scene of Hook(1991), there is a couple kissing on a bridge while Tinkerbell is flying over, dropping fairy dust on them and sending them flying. The couple was actually an uncredited cameo by George Lucas, and Carrie Fisher.