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TIL - A dog was called to the witness stand in the 1922 Court Case of Helmick v. Morse - who were fighting over custody of the dog (Buddy). The dog saw Mrs. Helmick, ran straight towards her and wagged his tail excitedly. The Judge immediately handed the dog over to Mrs. Helmicks.

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Wm08 TIL in 1961, Fidel Castro closed Cuban schools for a whole year and formed teachers into a “literacy army” with the goal to eradicate illiteracy. By the end of the year, 707,212 previously illiterate people had learned how to read.
GAZeQ TIL about Desmond Doss, an American combat medic in WW2 who single-handedly rescued an estimate of 75 men in Okinawa in one battle, one at a time, without carrying a single weapon. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery, and was the first conscientious objector to be given it.
DOev TIL There is an app for Icelandic natives that allows them to make sure they aren’t about to bang a relative
7rMG7 TIL that Police in Chicago and the UK are developing algorithms, software and techniques make Minority Report-style pre-crime a reality. The UK has software called PredPol in use already by at least 14 police forces.
XEWN6 TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army's highest rank "comandante" during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista's regime