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TIL of Bear, a "koala detection dog". Wearing special boots to protect his paws from scorched ground, Bear sniffs out koala survivors of Australian bushfires. His previous owners couldn't handle him as he chewed furniture & walls out of boredom, but his need to work made him an ideal detection dog.

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MNe0 TIL in 2010 2/3rds of all gun deaths in the U.S. were from suicide.
a8xJy TIL that in King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), For the attack of the giant octopus, four live octopuses were used. Three of them were released after filming the scene, the 4th became the special effects directors dinner that night.
m1v4O TIL, In 1973, The racing horse Sham posted the second fastest time ever at the Kentucky Derby. Losing the the fastest horse of all time, Secretariat.
kOpjd TIL that most of the time the dysfunctional kidneys stay inside the recipient during a kidney transplant. The donor kidney is implanted in the pelvic region.
rRwNw TIL Ben Carpenter was pushed at 50 mph for 6 km in a wheelchair by a semi-truck