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TIL the first native Americans to help the pilgrims,named Samoset and Squanto already knew English before meeting the settlers.

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M7E67 TIL: Katherine Knight is the first woman in Australia to be sentenced to life. She murdered her partner and tried to feed him to his children. They had an on-off relationship due to Knight's violent behavior, but she was good with kids. She now has a leadership and mediator position in prison.
R7gAj TIL bomb-sniffing dogs will calmly sit when they smell explosive materials. They will never bark or paw at something they detect
Brpjr TIL there was a black samurai who served under the daimyō Oda Nobunaga who praised him for his strength and was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana by Nobunaga. When they first met, Nobunaga suspected his skin was covered in ink and had his skin scrubbed.
GK47 TIL In 2008, a 30 second Doritos television advertisement was beamed by radar to a solar system 42 lightyears away.
4XlAw TIL John Cena is author of a children's book and intends to write more.