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TIL a man once tried to preach Christianity to a group of lions

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QJkgE TIL that the town of Boring, Oregon's sister city is Dull, Scotland. "Dull has helped put Boring on our map," says OR state representative, Bill Kennemer. "People are starting to hear about Boring and they come and stop." The town is now developing a relationship with the Australian town of Bland.
nenDB TIL that most Huskies in the US are descended from the sled dog team that completed the most grueling part of the 1925 Great Race of Mercy. They saved many children's lives by transporting diphtheria antitoxin when no one else could. Afterwards, the team was sold to a kennel in Poland Spring, ME.
Wk189 TIL 25 years after its release, Mariah Carey still earns around $3,300,000 a year in royalties alone for her song "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
loVb1 TIL Bones produce piezoelectricity when stress is applied and forms electrical dipoles that attract osteoblasts. Osteoblasts deposit calcium and other minerals on the part of the bone that is stressed which increases the density of the bone.
VBllk TIL that due to the polio virus, as of 1959 there were a total of 1200 people permanently confined to an 'Iron Lung', a device which mimics the breathing motion of the body using variable pressure leaving the patient with only their head exposed. As of 2017, there are still 3.