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TIL in 2014 a cat was badly burned in a house fire that left him blind. He needed over 24 operations and a 1.5 year stay in an animal hospital. Despite his injuries, he offered comfort to every new animal to enter the clinic: fawn, dog, hamster or bird, by snuggling beside them on arrival.

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VMyj8 TIL that ethereal singer Enya's vocals sometimes didn't translate well from existing Earth languages, so her collaborator Roma Ryan constructed an futuristic language called "Loxian" for her. Roma also created an online video game to educate others about Loxian culture.
vPmQ4 TIL in 2015 ICE set up the University of Farmington, a fake university as a sting operation to catch students illegally extending their visas. They charged the students thousands of dollars, deported them, and kept the money.
Zp4jR Today I learned that the United States committed over 550,000 troops to the Vietnam War and suffered over 58,000 casualties.
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