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TIL LBJ had two dogs die at the White House: Her swallowed a stone, and Him was hit by a car.

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j68yN TIL about a chair made from the wood of the medieval London bridge with a seat made from a foundation stone of the same bridge.
ERmo TIL a massive international airport was built in Spain at a cost of €1.1 billion. It attracted very little airline traffic, being 200 km from the nearest city, and closed four years after it opened.
0keL TIL Cats are the only species that domesticated themselves.
AaDn TIL North Korea is the only nation to currently have a US Navy ship captured.
Vj60 TIL that during the Battle of Lexington and Concord, while British Officers were inspecting militia positions, a mentally ill local man wandered between the two forces selling cider.