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TIL a stray dog saved a woman after she crashed down an embankment and was thrown through the back window of her car. The German Shepherd emerged from the woods, pulled her by the collar off the trunk and 50 yards through the briars to the road where she could be seen by passing motorists.

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GYmrQ TIL if you’re starting with boiling water instead of cold water to hard boil eggs, if you dip the eggs in and out of the boiling water before you drop them in they’re less likely to crack.
WK1o TIL Tardigrades are tiny creatures that are capable of removing the majority of their body water, allowing them to survive in extreme conditions; atmospheric pressures of up to 600 times that of the surface of the earth, 300 degrees below zero and even the vacuum and radiation in space.
dDrL8 TIL there are 42,634 high schools in the United States. In 2023 the Ivy League Colleges are expected to enroll 14,308 students. If every Valedictorian applied to an Ivy League school, and only Valedictorians were accepted, less than 34% would get a spot.
9JGX TIL that low gravity makes it difficult to tell if your bladder is full, because the bladder’s stretch receptor nerves don’t feel the weight of the liquid. Astronauts are trained to empty their bladders every two hours because of this.
JrDB TIL that Rodney Dangerfield replied when asked how long he would be hospitalized: “If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half”