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Ld99 TIL In 1939, a five year old girl successfully gave birth and is still alive today
VMb9G TIL 'Judy' the dog was on board the HMS Grasshopper, and could hear enemy aircraft coming in. The ship sunk, and she found fresh water for the crew on a desert island and survivied a croc attack and was eventually registered by the Japanese as a prisoner of war.
6EvJ8 TIL about Richard Proenneke, who left his career as a heavy equipment operator, flew to a remote Alaskan lake, built a log cabin by hand, and lived alone for 30 years
woKlP TIL that Emery is the third form of Corundum, after Sapphire and Ruby, is what Emery Boards are made of, and has been mined in Greece since antiquity.
kOQ4d TIL in mid 18th century Gross National Income per capita (PPP) of countries that today make up third world (Asia, Africa, Latin America) was more than first world (Western Europe, Northern America, Japan, Singapore and South Korea)