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TIL Will Purvis, who was convicted of murder in 1894 and had always maintained his innocence, told the jury he would "live longer than the lot of them." He survived a hanging, was re-incarcerated, and eventually pardoned and released.

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p8wYe TIL of Bobbie the Wonder Dog, who walked a distance of at least 2,551 miles (4,105 km) through plains, desert, and mountains in the winter to return home to his family, swimming in rivers and even crossing the Continental Divide in the coldest part of winter.
p8nLb TIL When Michael Collins remained in the lunar module, he was in Orbit on the "other" side of the moon. He was cut off from all radio contact, the most alone any human has ever been.
AYM4 TIL At the height of the TV series “Frasier”’s popularity, Moose (who played Eddie the dog) received more fan mail than any of the human actors.
WkeLB TIL Seven’s a lucky number if you need to restart the whole internet. Only seven people from the ICANN can restore it in case of a catastrophe. The DNSSEC root key holders would be summoned to a base in the United States to oversee a reboot of the system, using their keys to enable it.
XExPD TIL about the boxer crab (Lybia tessellata), which carries poisonous sea anemones around in its claws as deadly weapons to punch its prey with.