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TIL about Monowi, Nebraska, the smallest town on the US and probably the entire world with a population of ONE (Elsie Eiler, who runs the town bar and the library)

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v14Ax TIL Buddy, the golden retriever that played the original Air Bud, is the same dog that played Comet on Full House. In 1989, his owner originally found him as a stray in the Sierra Nevada. He took Buddy in and trained him to play basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and hockey.
bMkN TIL at the age of 5 years and 11 months, Ayan Qureshi took and passed Microsoft’s IT Technician Exam, making him the youngest certified computer specialist in the world.
yQv8e TIL that a man named Joseph Bolitho Johns (Moondyne Joe) escaped prison so many times that a special secure prison was built for him. A confident jailor said "if you get out again, I will set you free". Moondyne escaped that as well. He was caught again two years later but jailor kept his word.
VMQYm TIL: In Chesapeake, Virginia, a 13 year old caught trick-or-treating can be sentenced to 6 months in jail.
e0pZJ TIL Hyenas, although similar in appearance and behavior to canines, are actually more closely related to cats