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TIL of Togo, the real hero dog of the Serum run to Nome in 1925 who ran more then any other sled team (including Balto's) saved his teams lives by going through a blizzard blind and crossing breaking ice.

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gMrEb TIL Roman soldiers were paid in salt, or "sale" in Italian (and "sal" in Spanish), which grew into the modern English word of "salary."
OG8De TIL in 1981 American Airlines offered a "lifetime unlimited AAirpass" for a lifetime of free first class flights for $250k. You could get an additional lifetime pass for a companion for an extra $150k. Two of their most frequent fliers cost the airline $1m a year and flew over 30m miles.
bmQZ TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger is the deadliest film actor of all time with 369 on-screen kills
OYDY TIL that Samuel L. Jackson’s performance as a crackhead in 1991’s Jungle Fever was so acclaimed that the “Supporting Actor” award was created just for him at the Cannes Film Festival.
X0GwR TIL about Sherman Copy of the Declaration of Independence, which seems to indicate John Adams copied an original from someone with the initials "T.P." , suggesting Thomas Paine may have had a hand in drafting the Declaration of Independence. Paine was the author of Common Sense.