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TIL of Judy, a purebred English pointer who would often jump in to protect prisoners from beatings in a POW camp during WW2. A British Naval pilot bargained to have her officially considered a POW so the guards could not kill her.

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9y4X TIL China has been producing fake chicken eggs since the 90s. The production cost is less than half of a real egg. They are made from a mixture of resin, starch, coagulant and pigments, while algae gives them proper viscosity. The shell is made from paraffin wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate
0d9pA TIL - John Quincy Adam's would regularly go skinny dipping in the Potomac River.
JmW4 TIL The curvature of the Earth led US surveyors to put curves/bends in roads every 24 miles
J4w4 TIL Haiti is the first and only nation established as the result of a successful slave revolt.
vP5rL TIL That a small cloud (1 Cubic Kilometer) weighs about 1.1 million lbs!