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TIL about Chaser, a border collie with the best tested memory of any non-human animal. She could recognize and fetch 1,022 toys by name and category.

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MegJ8 TIL Zeal Akaraiwai, a man from Nigeria pays medical bills for fellow Nigerians that cannot afford to do it. He does this every week and had saved countless lives so far. As he said: “Be the angel you hope to meet”.
9Y07M TIL that former CEO of Nissan Carlos Ghosn, who is currently accused of major financial crimes, escaped from Japan by being stuffed into an audio equipment box to evade airport security
awvmL TIL Albert Anastasia, considered to be one of the deadliest criminals of all time, was sentenced to death for the murder of a longshoreman in 1921. In 1922 he won a retrial on a technicality and went on to become boss of the Gambino Family & Murder Inc. He was responsible for thousands of murders.
L1rp TIL There is a plastic based from hemp that is better by comparison in just about every way to oil based plastic.
BgXnr TIL 70% of people in the world do not use toilet paper.