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TIL in 1908, the NYT reported a story on a dog that would push kids into the Seine in order to earn beefsteak treats for “rescuing” them.

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wLgm8 TIL When the Chinese migrated overseas to California in the 1800s, secret society chapters migrated with them. The chapters were known as tongs, from the Chinese word meaning assembly hall.
jNMKM Most textbooks say that nothing can go faster than light, but that statement actually should be qualified: The answer is yes, you can break the light barrier, but not in the way we see in the movies. There are, in fact, several ways to travel faster than light...
6lj8 TIL a man was killed when he tried to shoot down a 125-year old Saguaro cactus. The man blasted most the way through and poked at one of the plants arms. The 500lb arm then fell crushing the individual.
MDY8 TIL Pocahontas died when she was only 21/22 and was never romantically involved with John Smith as Hollywood would have you believe
EJ70 TIL that the story of Thomas Edison electrocuting an elephant as part of the War of Currents is a myth. The elephant was killed as part of an unrelated Coney Island stunt, and Edison’s name is only associated because Edison-brand film was used to record the elephant’s death.