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TIL that earlier this year, after 19 years, Tonette Jackson's body was finally identified. Her husband, Hardy, became the face of Katrina victims in 2005 after a heartbreaking interview while he searched for her in the aftermath of the storm.

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vkP4 TIL at least six Americans have been accidentally shot by dogs in the past five years, including by a dog named “Trigger”.
4kolg TIL upon the unification of Germany in 1871, Ulysses S. Grant expressed that he thought the German union to be quite similar to the American Union and said that he thought of it as a reproduction of the "best features of the U.S. Constitution.
OoWj6 TIL: an average car is made out of about 30 000 parts. And only 15% is made by the manufacturer, rest is made by external companies. Boeing 747 has roughly 6 000 000 parts.
4XB0a TIL Senior citizens have WAY more sex than most people believe, to the point that it's actually caused STD problems among the older population (since everyone assumes new partners aren't sexually active).
4byg TIL a 43-year-old man who had his penis torn off in a horrible accident at the age of 6 has received a “bionic”, 8-inch, fully functional penis crafted and installed in a pioneering surgical procedure