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TIL about Roselle, a guide dog who led her blind master out of the World Trade Center to survival on 9/11

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E1jV TIL When Julius Caesar was captured and held hostage by pirates, he told them he would crucify them all personally. The pirates took it as a joke, but when the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, captured the pirates, and crucified them.
8emVV Today I Learned that we had better wear socks when wearing crocs, unless in rainy days. Otherwise, there will be a bad smell.
78ma7 TIL that in 2012 an Oklahoma judge sentenced a teen to attend church as part of his prohibition agreement.
m90x TIL that in the moment leading up to the verdict announcement of the O.J. Simpson murder case, trading volume on the NYSE decreased by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms, and so much work stopped that the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.
KOGd6 TIL about the Texas Archive War, in which Texas fought a (small) civil war over the location of official documents