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TIL of a couple who willed ~$900k to the U.S. government, believed to be a "thank you" for the freedoms of living in the U.S. after escaping Nazi-controlled territory in WWII

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Z854 TIL that in 1450 a large pack of wolves killed 40 people in the middle of Paris
kOoQe TIL that a woman refused to board a lifeboat when the Titanic was sinking as she refused to be parted from her dog. Several days later, passengers on the SS Bremen passing by the wreckage in the water, saw the body of a woman tightly holding a large shaggy dog in her arms.
rRvad TIL of the “Desert of Maine,” a 40 acre tract of sand dunes caused by soil erosion from poor farming techniques. The area resembles a desert and has become a tourist attraction.
8abrK TIL that on Skylab, the American space station of the 1970s, only about 2.8 liters of water was used each time an astronaut took a shower.
wLYPo TIL if all arteries, veins, and capillaries of the a person's circulatory system were laid end to end, not only would that person be dead, but their blood vessels could stretch around the Earth nearly two and a half times (60,000 miles/100,000 km).