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TIL that the Wizard of Oz (1939) popularized Green Witches

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O9QL TIL of a British Marine who flung himself back-first onto a grenade to save his comrades. Though the explosion threw him in the air, his rucksack absorbed the blast and he walked away with a nosebleed and a headache
0xR TIL Sir Isaac Newton convicted 28 coiners for counterfeiting, including one of the largest Con Men of his time.
WL68 TIL Teddy Roosevelt was involved in a bar fight, which began after a man bullied him for wearing glasses. Teddy, being an experienced boxer, knocked the man out cold after one punch.
4kLJR Til the real dog, kabosu, the face behind the famous “doge” meme has been diagnosed with leukemia
4kMWb TIL one individual of Myotis brandtii (a small bat species about a third the size of a mouse) was recaptured "still hale & hearty" 41 years after it was initially banded. Which is the equivalent to about 240-280 human years, with the bat showing little to no sign of aging.