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TIL Muriel Fahrion created Strawberry Shortcake, the Care Bears, and The Get Along Gang

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0Wj1 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt’s son, Ted, was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the first wave of US Soldiers attacking Utah Beach on D-Day. He volunteered for the assignment and had to walk with a cane due to WWI injuries and a heart condition. He was the oldest man in the first wave at age 56.
4eLN TIL Abraham Lincoln’s loyal dog Fido was also needlessly murdered shortly after the President’s assassination.
KOlrw TIL President Roosevelt's dog, Fala, was so popular that American soldiers would ask one another for the name of the dog in order to prove they weren't a German spy
gMdx4 TIL in 2018, a social media influencer asked a Dublin hotel for a five-night free stay in exchange for publicity, and broke down in tears in a video when she was bluntly refused. The hotel responded by banning all influencers from its premises
nLRY TIL: Layne Staley of Alice in Chains weighed only 86 pounds (36 kg) when he died from a drug overdose.