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TIL: That a British Man rescued 669 children destine for death camps from Nazis, arranged for them to have homes and smuggled them to Britain, and at 104 he is still alive today.

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0wwAL TIL that after her owner suffered a heart attack, a pig named LuLu saved her owner's life by squeezing through a doggy door, pushing open a gate and lay down in the middle of a nearby road until a motorist stopped and followed the pig back to the house.
gr1e4 TIL Neil Armstrong completed almost all required coursework towards a master's degree when he joined NASA in early 1960s. A semester short, he returned to USC after his moon landing in 1970 to give a one-hour seminar on the technical aspects of landing Apollo's lunar module to receive his Masters
LkPwv TIL of Larkhall, Scotland, a town which has had its subway change its green signs, as well as had residents try to burn grass, because of sectarianism.
P1OZG TIL the male gharial crocodile's hollow bulbous nasal protuberance starts growing over the nostrils around age 11.5. The bulbous snout tip enables hissing that can be heard 75 metres (246 feet) away. The gharial is the only living crocodile with visible sexual dimorphism
5VMmQ TIL a cat’s tongue is made out of keratin, the same material that makes up human fingernails