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TIL Jennifer Aniston personally owned Pat the Dog, the white, ceramic dog statue in Joey and Chandler’s apartment. It was a gift to her on the first day of filming and the producers of Friends wanted to use it.

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9Y9jX TIL of Georg Gaertner, a German prisoner of war who escaped from a POW camp in the U.S. in 1945. He started an entirely new life under a new identity, and did not reveal his past, even to his wife, for 40 years
6Egal TIL the battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz sank three times. The third time was because the guy in charge wasn't there when it was raised, so he made them re-sink it so he could get the photo-op.
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.
4XGVa TIL that Philips lightbulb company has a much more efficient lightbulb that they are not allowed to sell anywhere in the world outside of Dubi; the bulb lasts significantly longer than their other bulbs.
P4de TIL, for over 20 years, Cuba has been aiding and treating more than 18,000 children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, for free.