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TIL that as the Titanic sank, someone unlocked the kennels holding all the passengers’ pet dogs, “leading to the surreal sight of a pack of excited dogs racing up and down the slanting deck as the ship went down.”

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ZRwY TIL that a British zoo banned monkeys from eating bananas for health reasons
kJYme TIL about Lettice Fisher who worked to reform UK laws such as the "Bastardy Acts" in order to challenge the stigma associated with single parent families, and to provide them with support
0dJA1 TIL a coroner's report ruled that heat contributed to an Arizona woman's death in 2018 after her power was shut off on a 107°F day because of a past due amount of $51. Her family reached an undisclosed agreement with the utility company the next year.
PYBVO TIL Mary Baker Eddy started The Christian Science Monitor not for her religious reasons, but so that the world would have a source of news free from "Yellow Journalism"
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