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TIL that the president of Poland awards a medal to couples that remain married for at least 50 years

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jNwNE TIL that though the term has become genericized, “Seeing Eye dog” is a registered trademark reserved for guide dogs trained by The Seeing Eye, Inc., the oldest existing guide dog school in the world.
oB7BA TIL that in 1874 the "American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" brought the attention to child abuse because there were no rights for protecting children. The case of Mary Ellen.
LkdLV TIL that the Masamune, a sword appearing in many JRPG's was a real sword. The Honjō Masamune represented the Togukawa Shogunate and was a Japanese National Treasure. In 1946, all swords were confiscated, and an American called "Sgt. Coldy Biltmore" took the sword. The sword is still missing today.
LQMKP TIL that the Greeks had a word for something like gaslighting: eristic arguments.
R5aBl TIL that Tchaikovsky's 1892 'The Nutcracker' ballet was based upon Alexander Dumas' 1844 'The Story of a Nutcracker' ('Histoire d'un casse-noisette' which was in turn based upon the original 1816 short story 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann.