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TIL Detroit is the only city in the US that has housed a baseball, basketball, football, and hockey team for over 50 years without any of them leaving.

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QlZE TIL: “An Airedale named ‘Jack’ ran through half a mile of enemy fire, with a message attached within his collar. He arrived at headquarters with his jaw broken and one leg badly splintered, and right after he delivered the message, he dropped dead in front of its recipient.”
OVwX TIL there are 15 surviving autographs from William Shakespeare. None are spelled the same and none are spelled the way we do today.
YbV7 TIL that a Japanese Officer in WW2 killed himself rather than order his 2000 subordinates to conduct a kamikaze attack
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WkP84 TIL red squirrels harvest mushrooms and then hang them in trees to dry. Once dried they collect them and store them for the winter.