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TIL deers kill more americans than sharks, bears, and gators combined

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DQDrP TIL of Benjaman Kyle, an amnesiac man discovered in 2004 who had no memories of his life and could not even recall his name. It was not until 2015 that his identity was discovered through DNA testing, and there is still a twenty-year gap in his life history with no known records.
QNMRE TIL about Rip. A ww2 search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air Raid warden, and became the service's first search and rescue dog. He is credited with saving the lives of over 100 people.
J1wWj TIL that Flash memory got its name because the process of erasing the device called to mind the flash of a camera.
W7QBX TIL Dr. Louis Leakey encouraged three young women to study wild great apes in the 60’s and 70’s known as " Leakey”s Angels", including Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. In Borneo, Biruté Galdikas led orangutan studies for over 40 years after being told "it couldn't be done"
KOp9w TIL that lobsters were once only fed to poor people and prisoners