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TIL of Sergeant Stubby the most decorated dog of WWI & the only dog to be promoted by combat. He saved his regiment from mustard gas attacks comforted the wounded & notified his troop of oncoming artillery. After the war led parades across the country met 3 presidents & became a university mascot.

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OoRL7 TIL A recent study revealed that a plastic bag, like the kind given away at grocery stores, is now the deepest known piece of plastic trash, found at a depth of 10,975 meters (36,000 feet) inside the Mariana Trench.
W7L1Y TIL Barry Bonds record breaking home run ball was donated to the baseball hall of fame branded with an asterisk
Eg8ow TIL: The Warlocks of Chiloé are a mythical organization said to have obtained magic after acquiring a book of European magic. They fly using dead virgin skin, shapeshift into animals, board ghost ships, and tame hippos. They are weak to salt. In 1880, the Chilean government charged them.
ejRg TIL the origin of the piggy bank, which started in the Middle Ages with the material used to make storage jars for coins: an orange clay called “pygg.” Through language evolution and cultural overlap, English potters were asked to make pygge banks, so they started making them in the shape of pigs.
wokAE TIL that “Firehawks” a collection of three Australian bird species, are the only animals besides humans known to use fire to hunt. They will pick up burning sticks from fires and carry them in their beaks and talons before dropping it in unburnt vegetation setting the ground ablaze driving prey out.