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Today I learned about The Dickins Medal for animals that show outstanding bravery and devotion. It has been awarded 75 times since 1943.

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LQQVP TIL about Mary Bell, A convicted serial killer at 11 years of age. She was sent to prison in her teens and escaped briefly, but was recaptured. She was released from prison at the age of 23, and her current whereabouts are unknown after the high court granted her protection and anonymity.
xVGy1 TIL that a chip shop was ordered to remove its banner that hails it as the birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar for “the good of the wider community”
ZNAa TIL some people live in “residential airparks”, neighborhoods surrounded by a runway where garages are replaced by aircraft hangers and people fly from place to place instead of driving.
BgJrD TIL about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart also known as the “ unkillable soldier “. He served in the Boer war, first and second world war. Was shot in his face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear.
W7M6A TIL Grover Cleveland first met his future wife while she was still an infant, and he bought her her first baby carriage.