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TIL Scotland's national animal is the unicorn

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ZpErv TIL that the Apollo 11 moon‑landing spacesuits were made by Playtex, the bra and girdle manufacturer, using couture‑level sewing for 21 layers of high-tech fabric.
MX8a TIL a stray dog in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.
d8BEK TIL when Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley was found dead in his condo, he was so emaciated after years of heroin addiction and health issues that he only weighed 39kg. He died on the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death
NXV81 TIL that mice can go into depression and empathize with other mice.
dDN5Q TIL that until the 1970s, Aboriginal children in Australia were systematically taken from their families, known as the Stolen Generations