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TIL in 2014, a memorial to people killed by dogs, the majority of whom were pit bulls, was mobbed by pitbull owners who prevented people from viewing the memorial with their pitbulls

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mKO TIL : There was a dog who waited for a person at a bus stop everyday for 15 years, after the person had died.
8eGJK TIL on August 8th, 2023 a historical society installed a plaque commemorating Dave Matthew’s Band tour bus dumping 800 pounds of human sewage on a tour boat beneath a Chicago bridge.
YPev TIL that the “first Siamese twins” lived separate lives and would alternate every three days between their homes and families. They were only ¾ chinese.
AkWn TIL Australian man Bill Morgan, after suffering a heart attack leaving him clinically dead for 14 minutes, won a car off a lottery ticket, then during a re-enactment won $250,000.
KOWnG TIL that the first World Series was played in 1903 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. Unlike today, the fall classic was played as best of 9 games instead of 7, with Boston taking the series 5-3.