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TIL of Bradley Birkenfeld, a whistleblower who revealed the secrets behind Switzerland’s largest bank, was sent to jail, and was later awarded $104 million by the IRS.

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KO7RB TIL In Serbia, 2014, an 11-year-old girl was rescued from a bull mastiff as it attacked her and dragged her through the street, by a dachshund named Leo. The city of Pancevo erected a statue in Leo's honor after animal advocacy groups and activists fought to get it put up.
D1jBp TIL Bees need to drink water. When there is not enough water in the hive, then foraging worker bees will quit forage and help with water collection.
wBjP TIL that asthma inhalers containing ozone damaging CFCs were banned in 2008 in spite of their small environmental impact. Drug companies have greatly benefited from the ban because they can change more for HFA inhalers that are still patented. The drug has not changed, only the delivery mechanism.
WkM7o TIL of Yasuke, an east african man who came into the service of Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga as a retainer in 1581 after being brought to Japan with Jesuit missionaries. When they first met Nobunaga had Yasuke's skin washed, believing it was ink only to realise that was Yasuke's natural skin colour
4XRkR TIL that our eyes and ears don’t tell us enough about the outside world, so our brain uses its expectations to ‘hallucinate’ reality.