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TIL: A Cat Led A Rescue Team To An 83-Year-Old Woman Who Had Fallen Down A Ravine

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l70EN TIL during WW2 the US and Canada invaded a Japanese-held Alaskan island with more than 35,000 men. After more than 300 casualties and the near sinking of the destroyer USS Abner Read from traps, mines, and friendly fire; they realised there were no Japanese on the island.
x6Zg TIL that the farther back you sit on an airplane, the better your odds of survival in the event of a crash. Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.
9Yr4r TIL that the poet who coined the phrases, “Variety’s the very spice of life” and “God moves in a mysterious way” was institutionalized for insanity, depression, and suicide attempts, but was also a forerunner of the Abolitionist movement.
1B1r TIL The first Native American who met the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony walked into their encampment and greeted them in English.
YpbA7 TIL if 117-year-old Japanese supercentenarian Kane Tanaka lives for another 21 days, she will become the third oldest person in recorded history. Today she is in fifth place behind Nabi Tajima and Lucy Hannah who lived 20 and 8 days more than her respectively.