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TIL Dogs know what time it is based off of scent

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WaNX TIL JFK’S main funeral honor Guard were all Irish soldiers flown to the United States at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy who stated that JFK had been enthralled and impressed by how the Irish military honored their dead on his visit to Ireland.
166V7 TIL Martha Gellhorn was the only woman to land on the Normandy beaches (alongside 150,000 men). She was a journalist but her request to come along had been denied, so she stowed away in a toilet and then disguised herself as a stretcher bearer
GYLY1 TIL the mother of Jane Addiction's guitarist Dave Navarro was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, John Riccardi, in March 1983. Riccardi was arrested in 1991, thanks to a viewer tip after Riccardi was featured on the television series America's Most Wanted
8e61X TIL two mirrors facing each other don’t produce infinite reflections
RAMQ TIL that a picture of a severed Japanese head on a tank turret published by Life magazine on February 1, 1943, generated less protest letters than an image of a mistreated cat in the same issue.