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TIL: Contrary to popular beliefs, pigs are the most hygienic animals

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yQNa TIL Muhammad is said to have loved his cats so much that he would do without his cloak rather than disturb one that was sleeping on it.
6E4oJ TIL JFK’s PT-109 patrol boat came under attack near the Solomon Islands, and sunk. Swam 3.5 miles to the island. He then etched an SOS message into a coconut shell, asked two natives to deliver it to a nearby base in order to arrange for their rescue. He later turned the shell into a paper weight.
OoDe TIL that North Korea hijacked a plane in 1967 and still hasn’t returned the passengers.