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TIL The alternative names for our planet Earth, besides Gaia, are also Tellus and Telluris

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BgyDe TIL Canada's "loonie" $1 dollar coin was supposed to show a canoe, but a discount courier was used to save $43.50, and the dies were stolen.
6EPx7 TIL: Only two U.S. states have never recorded a temperature above 100 F. One of them is obvious: Alaska. The other one, however, may come as a surprise. It is Hawaii.
W7p59 TIL the Australian Navy formally enlisted a six-year-old girl in order to give her medical treatment onboard a navy ship; regulations did not allow for civilians to get medical treatment on navy ships. The girl's official rating was 'mascot', and she was 'discharged' after 8 days of 'service'.
N7BnN TIL that Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them.
rRB5o TIL with a record of 46-2 Marvin Hagler could not get a title fight. His manager pleaded with Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy called boxing promotor Bob Arum and threatened an investigation. Arum was a tax attorney for the Justice Dept. during JFK's administration and guaranteed the fight.