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TIL Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and the Olympic

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MGNA TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer who, while trying to demonstrate how the victim might have accidentally shot himself, shot himself and died. He then won the case.
GWnN TIL Michael J Fox almost wasn’t casted as Alex Keaton on ‘Family Ties’ because NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff thought Fox didn’t have “the kind of face you’ll ever see on a lunch box”. Years later Fox would send Tartikoff a Marty McFly lunch box, which Tartikoff kept in his office.
kGxE TIL guard llamas will protect livestock and have even been known to kill predators such as coyotes
ADmvl TIL camels first evolved in North America and camel fossile remains have been found in the arctic.
G7KN TIL Humans and dogs are the only two species known to seek visual cues from another individual’s eyes, and dogs only do this when interacting with humans.