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TIL that Titus Adams, aged 7, walked barefoot in the snow for half a mile to get help for his mom after she was thrown from her crashed pick-up truck. His courageous half-mile walk amid 23-degree weather saved his mother's life, authorities in Greeley, Colo., said.

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5YE0p TIL of Musical Roads, which are highway rumble strips that sound like music when you drive over them. First created in Denmark, they are now found all over the world. One stretch of road in California plays the William Tell Overture.
e09Eb TIL that the Peloponnesian war officially ended in 1996, when the mayors of the two cities signed a peace treaty, although it took place in the years between 431- 404 BC making it last around 2500 years.
NXB58 TIL the 21st Bond film "Die Another Day" contains an homage to each of first 20 Bond films in the franchise.
GYEXG TIL Congress has met outside Washington DC twice since 1800: July 16, 1987, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of ratification of the Constitution, & at Federal Hall in New York on September 11, 2002, to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
wodZo TIL about Dr. John Hinds was a Northern Irish doctor known for his contributions to prehospital care and high-speed motorcycle trauma medicine. He died in a motorcycle accident.