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TIL about Unsinkable Sam, a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships. The Sinking of the Bismark, the Sinking of the HMS Cossack, and the sinking of the HMS Ark Royal.

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Zm1R TIL in 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200th or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203th, accepted their challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
xBOD TIL that in 2004 a Texas man was put to death for killing his family in an arson attack. The jailhouse snitch has admitted he lied, and top scientists/investigators have not been able to find any reason to think the house fire was anything other than a freak accident.
wLek1 TIL there is a group of scientists that believe a virus came to earth on the back of a meteor and then infected a group of squid which then evolved into octopuses.
neago TIL of John Howland, an indentured servant boy who went overboard on The Mayflower and was miraculously saved. His descendants include: The Bush family, FDR, writers Emerson & Longfellow, Brigham Young & Joseph Smith, Chevy Chase and over 2 million other Americans.
xVDk5 TIL that the Inca people used no money or currency of any kind.