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TIL Australian police were able to indict a suspected ringleader of a child porn site by matching a freckle on his finger with one in images of child abuse.

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x60v0 TIL about Capt. Ben Salomon, a US Army dentist who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for defending wounded soldiers from hundreds of Japanese attackers at the Battle of Saipan (1944)
E1KW7 TIL that for thousands of years, glue has been made by melting dead horses. This practice, although now less frequently, still happens to this day.
wgAP TIL German chocolate cake was invented in America. It is named for a chocolate maker- Samuel German
Z8ywv TIL of Sybil Ludington—a 16-year-old revolutionary who rode twice the distance Paul Revere did in 1777 to warn people of a British invasion. She navigated 40 miles of rainy terrain at night while avoiding British loyalists and ended up completing her mission before dawn the next day.
YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.