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TIL that when the FIFA World Cup trophy was stolen in 1966, it was found by a dog named Pickles.

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dDJOQ TIL Stephen King once threw away the manuscript for Carrie, believing it wasn’t good enough. He was living in a trailer with his wife, Tabitha, who found the pages in the trash, read them, and pushed him to finish and submit it. The novel launched his career.
4XOaX TIL of the Floppotron, a "robot orchestra" made from obsolete drives and scanners whose stepper motors are run at different speeds to produce musical tones.
E1kko TIL of "The Tornado That Saved Washington". During the British sacking of 1814 a storm rolled in that doused most of the fires in the city (including the White House) and killed British soldiers with thrown debris
nWxJb TIL fleas need to consume blood for maturation of the ovaries in females and the dissolution of the testicular plug in males. However, a blood-only diets allow only 12% of larvae to mature, whereas blood and yeast or dog chow diets allow almost all larvae to mature.
nWWRo TIL that George Washington lost as many battles as he won, but was the master of the Tactical Retreat, and accepted tactical defeats while working towards the strategic victory of defeat of the British Armies in the Thirteen Colonies.