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Yp5AW TIL mercy dogs were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died in no man's land
6E7dZ TIL In Japan in 1968, 4 bank employees were transporting 300M¥ in the trunk of a car. They were stopped by a young police officer, who claimed dynamite was on the car. When he crawled under to check and smoke came billowing out, they ran away. The “officer” then got in the car and drove away.
pXXQ TIL in 1900 Isaac Cline violated weather service policy and unilaterally issued a hurricane warning to warn the citizens of Galveston, TX that a major storm was headed their way.
4XMOg TIL that General George Washington was almost killed by a British Marksman
ADk5o TIL composer Earle Brown wrote a piece called “Twenty-Five Pages”, which consists of 25 un-numbered pages that can be played in any order, either side up, and each line read as treble or bass clef. It can be played by any number of pianos up to 25.