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EVaP TIL Horses are as good as bloodhounds in tracking people
b6BQ9 TIL before Fred Rogers passed away on the morning of February 27, 2003. His wife was present to comfort him as he was dying. His last words was "Do you think I'm a sheep?" (referring to Matthew 25). After passing away, Joanne reassured him by saying "Fred, if ever there was a sheep, you're one."
XEvKR TIL of Abuwtiyuw, one of the oldest known named animals
oKAY TIL: US soldiers raped, burned and killed a 14yo Iraqi girl and killed 3 members of her family including 6yo sister
96X6 TIL… Lead was never used in pencils. A deposit of solid natural graphite was found and presumed to be a kind of lead ore, and the name stuck.