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TIL of Vince Coleman, a train dispatcher who gave his life in the 1917 Halifax explosion to save hundreds of lives. His last message was: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."

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7rB87 TIL a cow-bison hybrid is called a Beefalo.
Zp0GB TIL: We domesticated the silk moth 5000 years ago for sericulture. They lost their ability to fly, lack fear of predators, & have lost native color pigments since camouflage is not useful as they only live in captivity. They're entirely dependent on humans for survival, including finding a mate.
JYnbk TIL: The FBI investigated Bigfoot and publically released all of their records
nBBd TIL that Adam Savage, host of Mythbusters, wanted to disprove creationism on an episode of Mythbusters, saying, “I’m sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It’s appalling.”
OkLg TIL that the doubt regarding Shakespeare’s actual authorship of the plays attributed to him was started by a 19th century American woman who had no proof, but just a “feeling” that Shakespeare couldn’t have done it all himself.