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TIL the president of Food for the Poor is called Robin Mahfood

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b6Mkp TIL the supercentenarian Lucile Randon, who died in 2023 at the age of 118, had a twin sister named Lydie who passed away in 1905 at just 18 months old. Lucile used to say in interviews that she was living "two lives"—her own and that of her twin sister, who died when she was still a baby.
74kX TIL when friends of a deceased drag queen were clearing out her belongings, they found a 15-year old mummified body in a trunk, wrapped in leather.
e0pN6 Today I learned of Sergeant Reckless, a War Horse who served during the Korean War and was responsible for resupplying multiple frontline units 51 times in a single day in 1953.
JYKw8 TIL of the Sulimov dog, which was created from a hybrid between 2 Lapponian Herder dogs and 2 golden jackals for Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot. It was bred together with various other breeds for 7 generations to increase trainability and establish a breed.
oB5W7 TIL that most cats are lactose intolerant so giving them cow's milk can actually cause significant health issues