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TIL the Average Costco customer makes six figures

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wLmL1 TIL that George Washington ordered a ceasefire during the Revolutionary War to return a lost dog to its owner, Sir William Howe, a British general. The dog was found wandering the battlefield and was fed and cleaned before being returned to Howe.
J1rlj TIL that since 2003, of the seven sumo wrestlers to achieve the highest possible rank of Yokozuna, all but one were originally from Mongolia.
QZje TIL that Ali Maow Maalin, the last known survivor of smallpox, died in 2013 of malaria while he was carrying out polio vaccinations.
v1GlR TIL Japan does not accept signatures on official documents (banks, real estate and business) but require a ‘hanko’ which is an official carved wooden or stone seal pressed in ink
D1Bpe TIL two guys used nothing more that high visibility vests to gain free entry into a movie, a zoo, and a Coldplay concert.