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TIL - ChildLine has spent more than 25 years in making sure that an adult is at the end of a phone to help children tackle all kinds of serious issues, including bullying, neglect and violence at home to alcohol and drug problems.

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0wo0M TIL of former Congressman Leo Ryan (D), who was assassinated in the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacare
NXea6 TIL a group of 22 people is responsible for all US military patch and insignia designs
oBrVr TIL in 2013, a photographer recorded seventeen seconds of footage of an elusive night parrot—a Lazarus species that hadn't been spotted in nearly a century. A bird expert called it "the bird-watching equivalent of finding Elvis flipping burgers in an outback roadhouse."
MeB6A TIL about Andy the goose who was born in Hastings, Nebraska with no feet. A local inventor named Gene Fleming heard of this and fitted Andy with specially made Nike baby shoes. Andy gained fame as a role model for disabled children and Nike provided him with a lifetime supply of shoes.
4knaa TIL that 7% of the humans who ever lived are alive today.