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TIL blind hiker Bill Irwin completed the Appalachian Trail with the help of his seeing eye dog, after falling ~5,000 times

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BgQaK TIL of “Explosion,” a dog given to a radio crew stationed on Kiska in the Aleutians by a departing soldier. The IJN subsequently invaded the island and captured the radio-men, but Explosion survived 15 months in the mountains and was reunited with his original owner during the US counter-invasion.
OGod4 TIL that the current Australian Government under "Scott Morrison" has the longest list of corruption allegations in Australian History
p8YxO TIL that 'Randy' from George Lopez was played by Nick Offerman.
P1N6J TIL that the Dallas Cowboys were the first team of any sport to hit $4 billion in franchise value, when they became the most valuable sports team internationally in 2015. The team has also won 5 out of 8 Super Bowls and holds the record for consecutive winning seasons with 20 seasons.
vPAP7 TIL about Lionel Crabb, a Royal Navy diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission around a Soviet cruiser in 1956. A headless, handless corpse was discovered over a year later, it has never been conclusively proven to be Crabb's as known scars were absent.