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TIL that animals showing bravery in helping others are honored by the North Shore Animal League with the "Scarlett Award", named for a stray cat who risked her life to save her five kittens from a fire.

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loa47 TIL that the U.S. only spends 12% of its total budget on military, despite commonly held notions that it spends upwards of 40 - 70%.
bON9 TIL that Chef Gordon Ramsay originally aspired to be a professional soccer player, but then suffered a knee injury that he never fully recovered from. He then decided to follow his already growing interest in culinary education so he wouldn’t be known as “the football player with the gammy knee”.
p5Z TIL before “Billie Jean”, MTV did not air videos by black artists because they were not perceived as “rock” enough.
Egxxd TIL that Coco Chanel was a Nazi Spy and a huge Anti-Semite.
oBX57 TIL about the ThermalTake Xray, a PC accessory that fit a 5.25” expansion bay and functioned as an cup holder and cigarette lighter.