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TIL of Blakely, an Australian shepherd that acts as a surrogate parent to rejected animals at the Cincinnati Zoo.

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Zppk4 TIL that the picture of George Washington on the $1 bill is based off an unfinished portait of him.
rNaVy TIL when McDonald County, Missouri seceded in 1961 after being left out of tourism brochures, a local group of Civil War re-enactors formed a regiment to defend the Union and marched on McDonald County, leading to the Battle of Noel.
dDXJK TIL that commercial fax service was in operation 11 years before the invention of the telephone
YpvlA TIL: U.S. Medal of Honor recipients (in all branches of service) their children are automatically approved for enrollment into U.S. military academy so long as they meet basic requirements. Note: Acceptance rating for most applicants in general is less than 10%.
RlVw TIL That in developed countries suicide now takes more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined – and the suicide rate worldwide has jumped 60% since WWII, and has jumped 30% in the US in the last decade alone