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TIL The Vulture and the Little Girl photo by Kevin Carter actually depicts a little boy, who survived the Sudanese famine and died in 2007.

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a8DeA TIL - Lichtenstein during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 had an army of 80 soldiers, and they returned home with no casualties and a new friend they made along the way
ADDld TIL Laika, the first living being launched to space exactly 60 years ago, had a painful death. Until 2002 russian authorities sustained she survived for several days and died painlessly, assuring it was possible to live in space.
p6yN TIL: Dwight Eisenhower smoked 4 packs a day, but quit cold turkey and never smoked again after being advised to quit. He attributed his success to developing a scornful attitude toward smokers who couldn’t quit, saying, “I nursed to the utmost my ability to sneer at them.”
e0xn4 TIL Sigmund Freud never cured anyone. He promoted cocaine as a miracle drug capable of curing a wide range of diseases, and advanced his career through falsifying case histories and betraying the mentors who had helped him to rise
YpMPG TIL The Show Tom and Jerry first aired in February of 1940 and won Seven Academy awards for Animation for its original run. Even though the original show ended in 1958, spin-offs of the beloved Cat and Mouse have continued through the present day.