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TIL firefighters that responded to last year's fire at Notre Dame knew which works of art to rescue and in which order following a protocol developed for such a disaster.

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WkAxL TIL in 1969 that the straight part of Niagara Falls was run dry after 28,000 tons of rocky fill was dropped into a cofferdam upstream, stopping the flow of water—nearly 76,000 gallons every second.
NX0Nb TIL Urban Meyer was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the '82 draft. He would hit .182 across two minor league seasons before moving on from the sport.
OoJO4 TIL that American Rapper Pusha T wrote the famous McDonald's jingle "I'm lovin it" in 2003 but does not own any of the publishing rights for it. He learned from his multi-million dollar mistake and now owns 40% of the publishing rights of the “We have the meats" campaign from Arby's.
XEeM6 TIL that Russia trained dolphins how to kill people with harpoons and to undertake kamikaze strikes against enemies. They then sold them to Iran after running out of dolphin food
ZDDv TIL Muhammad Ali, being refused a hamburger and told, “We don’t serve negroes”, replied, “That’s OK. I don’t eat ‘em.”