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TIL that Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.

M7oMB TIL about Giovanni Battista Bugatti, known as Mastro Titta. An Italian executioner of the Papal States who executed 514 people during his 68 years of activity. Bugattis blood-stained clothes, axes, and guillotines are on display at the Museum of Criminology at Via del Gonfalone in Rome.
7rayp TIL an 11 year old girl survived four days on a 2ft by 5ft raft after her family was murdered and the boat she was on sank. She went years without knowing for sure who killed them. [fixed]
Oo6we TIL - In 1990, BBC’s Tomorrow’s World featured a white, sticky coating with astonishing heat-resisting properties, Starlite. In a demonstration, a raw egg painted with the stuff stayed raw in the heat of a blowtorch. The inventor died in 2011, having failed to strike a deal with any manufacturer.
mx1ER TIL in 1945 a man survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time -in Nagasaki- where he survived another atomic blast
neb7d TIL In the year 2000, in what is considered the most dominant season of golf in history, Tiger Woods was 160 under for 36 rounds and averaged a staggering 67.33. He had a total of 9 wins, 3 being in a row.