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TIL a pair of dogs were awarded UK's Dickin Medal for guiding their owners and others to safety during the Twin Towers 9/11 attacks

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JAvv TIL of le Chevalier d'Eon, a French diplomat that lived alternatively as male or female. There was a betting pool over his real gender (male) that closed only after his autopsy.
oRnpR TIL about Elsie Eiler, who since her husband's death in 2004, has remained the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska.
X5RR TIL the minimum number of people to populate a space colony with minimum inbreeding is 160.
oRZwr TIL in 2010, Washington D.C. held a mock election and invited hackers to test its online voting system. They managed to elect Master Control Program from "Tron" as mayor, Skynet from "Terminator" to Congress, and Bender from "Futurama" to the school board. It took D.C. officials two days to notice.
DQBZv TIL Although the universe is only 14 billion years old, it is 92 billion light years wide