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TIL about Tillie, a hiking dog in Kentucky whose tag simply read ““My name is Tillie. I am not a stray. I live next door. Let’s go for a hike”

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Me0lB TIL the B-52 Stratofortress is plannned to stay in service until at least 2050, nearly 100 years after it entered service in 1955. It will be theoretically possible for a B-52 pilot in the 2040’s to pilot the same plane their great grandfather flew.
KNmQ TIL a man from Ohio bought $650 worth of tickets for the movie “The Interview” hoping to resell them for a higher price was declined a refund from the theater he bought them from after Sony decided to stream the movie online for half the price.
epk1J TIL that the ferry "MS Herald of Free Enterprise" departed from Zeebrugge, Belgium on 6 March 1987 with the bow doors still open, causing the vehicle deck to flood and the ship to capsize, resulting in 193 deaths among the 459 passengers and 80 crew on board
QJJ89 TIL Japanese rail workers use a technique called "point and call" to increase mindfulness in their operations and reduce railway accidents.
v11R8 TIL FDA has banned the use of microplastic in rinse-off cosmetics.