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TIL In 1877, prospector Ed Schieffelin set out from an army post in Arizona heading for the Dragoon Mountains. The soldiers warned him he’d find nothing there but his own tombstone. When Schieffelin struck silver, he named his mine Tombstone.

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kWe7 TIL a former governor of Alaska proposed building a pipeline from Alaska to California, to pump fresh water, not oil.
e0gY4 TIL in 2008, deceased Ian Curtis, former frontman of Joy Division, had his tombstone stolen, with the words “Love will Tear is apart” engraved in it.
Z8Pbv TIL Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and he had been greatly impressed by Toronto’s vitality and size. In creating the Metropolis skyline, Shuster drew on his fond memories of Toronto, which he continued to consider more beautiful than Cleveland, where he later lived
PYlYO TIL an 18-month old golden retriever saved her owner from being attacked by a cougar. The dog named Angel threw herself between her owner, 11-year-old Austin Forman, and the cougar. Angel and the cougar fought, the cougar winning until an officer was called and shot it. Angel survived and recovered.
JVXQ TIL Cristiano Ronaldo funded the education of a 7 y.o. survivor of the horrific 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. The boy was found 21 days after the disaster, alone and wearing a Portuguese national football team jersey. The boy grew up to be a football player and was signed by Sporting Lisbon last year