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TIL An 8-month-old pit bull in California was hailed a hero after she alerted her family of a fire in their apartment complex by barking like crazy on the back door. Once inside, the pit bull ran to save their 7-month-old daughter by pulling her by her diaper and dragging her off the bed.

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WZYX TIL that at midnight on Dec 30th, 1899, a ship positioned itself at the intersection of the date line and equator, such that the bow and stern occupied different seasons, hemispheres, days, years, and centuries. For the ship, Dec 31st never occurred.
5xkn TIL that a beach in New Zealand is a registered public highway
R7AJ1 TIL of Porajmos, Nazi Germany’s and its WWII allies’ effort to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against Europe’s Romani people. Later research cited by Ian Hancock estimated the death toll to be at about 1.5 million out of an estimated 2 million Roma.
R7vg4 TIL Silly String was invented to be used as an aerosol spray to create an instant cast on broken and sprained bones. It worked, but while testing nozzles it was noticed it produced a 30' string. This inspired the inventor to change the formula to be less sticky, add color, and market it as a toy.
V8Y8 TIL that 3³ +4⁴ + 3³ + 5⁵ = 3435. It is a natural number that is equal to the sum of its digits each raised to a power equal to the digit. It’s called a Munchausen number, after Baron Munchausen. Besides 0 and 1, the only two numbers are 3435 and 438579088.