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TIL in 1964, CBS aired a 90 minute special report of Walter Cronkite & Dwight D. Eisenhower returning to Normandy for the 20th Anniversary of D-Day

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N7rrb TIL Bobbie the Wonder Dog covered 2,551 miles on his own to return home to Oregon after he was lost. He returned mangy, dirty, and scrawny, with his nails worn down to nothing and seemingly walked the entire distance, swam rivers, and crossed the Continental Divide during the coldest part of winter.
W9vL TIL There’s an individual whale, known as the 52-hertz whale, which sings at a frequency unique among whales. It’s also thought to be the loneliest whale in the world.
XPxr TIL japanese square watermelons are inedible and produced purely for ornamental reasons
GYgnQ TIL that the 1904 Olympic marathon involved a runner who drove 11 miles to the finish line, a runner who was poisoned by his coaches, a runner who was chased by dogs for one mile, and a runner who ate a rotten apple, took a nap and still finished fourth.
Wk0NY TIL that in 1920, during US Prohibition, a Johns Hopkins psychologist conducted a study to see whether or not people are better at playing Darts while drunk. The government allowed him to purchase 34 gallons of whiskey, as scientific research was a valid exception to Prohibition.