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TIL A Koi fish named Hanako lived for 226 years!

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wLPe7 TIL Big Dog Ranch Rescue Org. saved 150+ animals on Abacos Island after Hurricane Dorian. With infrared drones, they found 1 dog pinned under an A/C unit for nearly a month. He survived by drinking from a mud puddle. 10,000 people signed up to adopt “Miracle,” he’s now recovering w/a loving family.
pYmR4 TIL that if you crack a fresh ice cube tray in the dark, it will create light due to a phenomenon called fractoluminescence (or triboluminescence)
XEe8r TIL Mary Babnik Brown donated her hair during WWII and later received a personal letter of thanks from Ronald Reagan explaining that her hair had been the perfect fit for complex bombsight called a Norden sight. Both wire and spider silk had been used beforehand, and neither worked as well.
p8QR4 TIL a person traded his way from a red paperclip to a house in fourteen transactions.
D9Er TIL the testicles Will Ferrell used in Step Brothers cost $10,000 to make, and are now one of his most treasured keepsakes.