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TIL of Bart the "Zombie Cat," who was accidentally buried alive after being presumed dead from a traffic accident. Bart clawed its way out of the shallow grave and was found meowing for food by a neighbour of his owner. He had surgery to remove his ruined eye and treat his broken jaw.

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R6X9 TIL that the Opportunity rover is still conducting scientific operations after 13 years despite an original mission lifetime of only 90 days
neRlG TIL About the underground city of Derinkuyu, located in Turkey. Large enough to hold 20 000 people and containing chapels, storage rooms and stables it was re-discovered accidentally when a Turkish man was trying to expand his home and knocked down a wall leading into the tunnel complex.
jQxX TIL that attaching green LED lights to nets used by small-scale fisherman can reduce the number of green sea turtle deaths by 64 percent. Without affecting the number of fish caught.
1xpD TIL that in 2001, a Norwegian container ship rescued 438 refugees in open ocean between Indonesia and Australia. The ship was then refused entry into Australian waters, but entered anyway. Australia then sent troops to board the ship.
x6AjD TIL that in 1973, Canadian Rosella Bjornson became the first female commercial airline pilot in North America.