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TIL a sheepdog made a 240-mile journey home to his birthplace in Wales after escaping from his new home in Cumbria. He was sent to the Cumbrian farm to work but turned up on the doorstep of his original owners 12 days later, limping and a little thinner than before, but in otherwise good condition.

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ADbpw TIL of Japan group "Kakuhido" which roughly translates as "Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find Unattractive," founded by a man dumped by his girlfriend on Christmas. On Valentine's Day 2015, 7 men showed up to march in protest of the commercialized day where women buy chocolate for men.
8e998 TIL that Presidents Day is still officially known as Washington's Birthday
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XaP TIL Evel Knievel has the record for “most bones broken in a lifetime” with 433.