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TIL the state of Texas has over 450 ghost towns

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Mel1A TIL about Christopher Knight, a man that left his normal life at 20 years old to become a hermit. He lived in the wilderness, completely alone, for 27 years. He was apprehended only in 2013, after committing over a 1000 burglaries.
x6MYD TIL that the gulf war inadvertently saved 200000 people in Bangladesh after US navy and Marine assets present around iraq were quickly sent to Bangladesh to conduct relief operations following a cyclone.
oJdW TIL Polio can be transmitted via ass-to-mouth
rwv4 TIL, the cairn terrier (Toto) has been proposed as the state dog of Kansas
lXDB TIL on August 5, 1944, one of the biggest jail-breaks in history involved hundreds of Japanese POWs attempting to escape an Australian prisoner camp. The Japanese considered the Australians weak because they treated the prisoners well. 234 of the Japanese were killed and another 108 wounded.