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TIL that a cow named Cincinnati Freedom evaded police officers for 11 days after jumping a six-foot fence to escape a slaughterhouse; after finally being caught, and she was given the “key to the city” by Cincinnati’s mayor and allowed to live out her days in a NY sanctuary

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690O8 TIL The American Iron Front owes its roots to a paramilitary organization formed in the 1930s in Germany to oppose the Nazis that was named simply the Iron Front (Eiserne Front).
GBD1 TIL Queen Mary of England was gifted a 1:12 scale doll house in 1924. It had working lights, books that were specially written by writers for the library, bottles filled with the appropriate drinks in the wine cellar, and model cars made by Rolls Royce. Even the toilets had working plumbing.
8mBX TIL a man accidentally turned winning lotto ticket black. Forensics analysis was performed and he was able to claim the jackpot.
yVG5w TIL that Python (the language) is named after Monty Python's Flying Circus and that skit references are highly encouraged in documentation.
6ZA8 TIL: If you started with $0.01 and doubled your money every day, it would take 27 days to become a millionaire.