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TIL: About the US capture of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War

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WVoN TIL a man at Auschwitz voluntarily stepped in to die for a complete stranger, the man he replaced went on to live another 53 years
woxdY TIL that Australia has an alternative to the Easter Bunny known as Easter Bilby
Lb6d TIL a study published in the journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science, found that the most aggressive dog breeds are Dachshunds (wiener dogs), Chihuahuas, and Jack Russell Terriers; not the Pitbull, Rottweiler or Doberman.
vPQDj TIL the Rohonc (or Rohonczi) Codex is a document in an unknown language and writing system that emerged in the 19th century, written on paper from the 1530s. Like the more-famous Voynich Manuscript, scholars are divided on the possible origin and meaning, and whether it is a hoax or authentic.
DQ1P TIL a cargo ship, abandoned by it’s crew in Alaska in 1931 after being trapped in pack ice, drifted empty near Alaska for nearly forty years, and may still be afloat somewhere on the ocean.