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TIL that during the search and rescue operations for the September 11th attacks, it was becoming rarer and rarer for rescue dogs to find anyone, leading them to feel failed, so firefighters hid in the rubble for the dogs to find them.

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0dPvj TIL The State Legislature of Virginia, The Virginia General Assembly, is the oldest lawmaking body in the New World and was established at Jamestown, on July 30, 1619. 157 years later, seven Virginians who had been elected to this body would sign the Declaration of Independence, on August 2nd, 1776.
rp11 TIL That popularity of hip hop is greatly attributed to the New York city blackout of 1977 where rioting and mass looting enabled young aspiring Dj’s access to equipment they couldn’t otherwise afford.
6EDwJ TIL Salvador Dali was a cheapskate who liked to appear generous to his friends by inviting them to fancy restaurants. When it was time to pay the bill, he would write out a check then doodle a sketch on the reverse, knowing that the restauranteur would never cash a check bearing one of his sketches
Egm6X TIL standard pointe (ballet) shoes are manufactured using a single last (mechanical form shaped like a foot), meaning there is no 'left' and 'right' shoe. Breaking in the shoes through use is what adapts them to the left or right foot
vyZr TIL when McDonald’s first introduced drive-throughs to China, the concept was so foreign that many people would pick up their food through the drive-thru, park their cars, and bring the food inside the restaurant to eat it.