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TIL that Fujifilm survived the collapse of analog film by selling skincare products

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REe9 TIL of Judy, a purebred English pointer who would often jump in to protect prisoners from beatings in a POW camp during WW2. A British Naval pilot bargained to have her officially considered a POW so the guards could not kill her.
dDedK TIL The world's earliest known fossilised forest is in Minehead, UK. Recently discovered, it is four million years older than the previous record holder (New York State)
ZXpv TIL If you marry your 3rd cousin, your kids are actually healthier than the general population
oobo TIL that KIND, which makes energy bars, relies in part on spreading acts of kindness. Employees are given plastic cards that they can give out if they see random acts of kindess. Kind will then send the samaritan a couple bars as well as another card to pay the kindness forward to someone else.
m15aM TIL: Andrew Bonar Law is the only Canadian to have served as Prime Minister of the UK. He was born in New-Brunswick which was a British colony at the time.