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TIL there was a “We Are the World 2” for Haiti earthquake relief

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kOoQe TIL that a woman refused to board a lifeboat when the Titanic was sinking as she refused to be parted from her dog. Several days later, passengers on the SS Bremen passing by the wreckage in the water, saw the body of a woman tightly holding a large shaggy dog in her arms.
b90wp TIL a group of Hindus and Sikhs, who were forced out of Pakistan to India after the borders were drawn, now take care of, using the conventional Muslim tradition, the ornate Muslim graves and shrine originally maintained by the Muslims who were forced out of India into Pakistan during the same time.
8XGb TIL A pen knife is so named because it was used for sharpening a quill to make a pen nib
xVlQ0 TIL after she was burned at the stake, Joan of Arcs brothers hired an imposter so they could collect on her good name fraudulently.
L9RV TIL a disgruntled former 7-Eleven owner opened a new convenience store across the street from his old location. He named it 6-Twelve.