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TIL in 2012 a Pit Bull named Lilly pulled her unconscious owner from the path of an oncoming freight train. The driver said he saw the dog frantically pulling at the woman, not giving up even though the train didn’t stop in time. The dog saved the woman and survived impact injuries herself.

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1xKr TIL that Russian and NATO troops were very close to using force against each other in Kosovo, 1999. A NATO commander disobeyed the orders he was given, reportedly saying “I’m not going to start the Third World War for you” to his superior, who was later fired.
ZyOB TIL 171 people have vanished off Cruise liners in the last decade.
NDG6 TIL a registry system in post-war England allowed clowns to copyright their makeup designs against imitators by painting them onto eggs.
DmNe TIL of María Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, the mayor of Tiquicheo Mexico, survived three assassination attempts and despite her wounds refused to resign. In 2011 her term as mayor ended and her police protection was withdrawn. In November 2012 she was abducted, stabbed and brutally beaten to death.
OGapY TIL Co-Creator of Lobo, Roger Slifer, was also a co-producer of the English localisation of Yu-Gi-Oh. The card “Slifer the Sky Dragon” was named in his honour by translator Sam Murakami.