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TIL that in World War I Germany published warnings in American newspapers that they may attack the Lusitania

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1E4W TIL a sheepdog named Pero who was sold to a sheep farmer in Cumbria, escaped and made 240-mile solo journey back to its birthplace of Ceredigion to reunite with his original owner.
l7nWG TIL in 2003, 12yo Auri Allen was featured on Ripley's Believe It or Not due to his massive size, nicknamed Baby Shaq. By 2006, he was regarded as one of the top 5 basketball players in the country, until a car crash paralyzed him. He later became a Head Coach and founded his own basketball academy.
NXQGP TIL that actor Joel Polis, who played Fuchs in John Carpenter's The Thing, went on to play Gary from Gary's Olde Towne Tavern, the rival bar in the TV show Cheers.
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