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TIL pandas are leased to zoos from China.
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TIL during the Titanic's sinking, Lucile Carter and her children was separated from her husband William. When she met him again on the rescue ship Carpathia, "All he said was that he had had a jolly good breakfast and that he never thought I would make it." They divorced less than two years later.
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TIL of Bill Irwin, the first profoundly blind man to hike the Appalachian Trail. He completed the journey with the help of his guide dog, Orient.
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TIL Jesse Pinkman was originally meant to die during season 1 of Breaking Bad, but after seeing the chemistry between Paul and lead actor Bryan Cranston, series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and made him a main character in the series.
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TIL that Gilbert N. Lewis(inventor of the Lewis Dot structure) was nominated for the Nobel Prize 35 times, but he never won.
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TIL of John J. Kelly, the last recipient of 2 medals of honor, because he attacked an enemy machine-gun nest, killed the gunner and another member of the crew, and returned with 8 prisoners. He was only 20 years old