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TIL Robin Williams was a Secret Santa to sick kids and thanked the staff with tears in his eyes

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NXAOQ TIL that Mohammad Salman Hamdani, an EMT who responded to 9/11 and died in the process was treated like a suspect for 5 months. His house and records were raided. And even when his sacrifice was finally recognized his name was not included on the memorial for North tower victims.
Nvl8 TIL a trained Beagle assistance dog was credited with saving the life of its owner after using her owner’s mobile phone to dial an emergency number.
V1Y4 TIL That Andrew Garfield, the actor who played Spider-Man in the most recent film, The Amazing Spider-Man, secretly dropped in at Comic-Con in 2011 dressed up in a cheap Spider-Man costume as a surprise to attending fans.
7lOx TIL that we have more than the 5 basic senses (hearing, feeling, seeing, smelling, and tasting). Other senses include magentoception, the ability to detect magnetic fields, as well as chronoception, the sense of time passing.
OGlg7 TIL the official motto of the United States of America is “in God we Trust” which was signed into law during the 1950s