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TIL that Box Tops for Education has raised over $400 million and is one of America’s best known campaigns

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R7MRj TIL Bea Arthur from the TV Show "Golden Girls" was a Marine truck driver in WW2 serving in Marine Corps and Navy air stations in Virginia and North Carolina reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant.
VMbMm TIL when Jonas Salk, who developed the first protective agent for polio, was asked about who has the patent, he responded by saying "Well the people, I would say, there is no patent" and then laughs saying "could you patent the sun?"
JkE8 TIL: Coyotes have mutualistic hunting relationships with badgers, assisting each other in digging up prey. They are such close friends that some coyotes have been seen laying their heads on their badger companions or licking their faces without protest.
0wlNN TIL that it is illegal to sell, manufacture or import chewing gum in Singapore. The law came about in 1992 as a result of vandalism and littering in both high rise public housing apartments and in public transportation systems. In 2004, exceptions were made for nicotine and dental gum.
oRWmA TIL St. Valentine is also the patron saint of epilepsy.