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TIL the “Tank Man” photo is still banned in China

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KO7RB TIL In Serbia, 2014, an 11-year-old girl was rescued from a bull mastiff as it attacked her and dragged her through the street, by a dachshund named Leo. The city of Pancevo erected a statue in Leo's honor after animal advocacy groups and activists fought to get it put up.
EgPv7 TIL Dragonflies catch their prey 95% of the time, making them the most successful predators in the animal kingdom.
R7AJ1 TIL of Porajmos, Nazi Germany’s and its WWII allies’ effort to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against Europe’s Romani people. Later research cited by Ian Hancock estimated the death toll to be at about 1.5 million out of an estimated 2 million Roma.
XPek TIL; The IRS was supposed to be a temporary measure. Its only period of suspension to date has been 1872-1894.
rRX0d TIL that Harrison Schmitt, an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, and former U.S. senator, is often credited with capturing the famed photograph of the Earth know as The Blue Marble, and he personally collected rock samples that suggested the moon once processed an active magnetic field.