TIL that Hachikō, the dog who continued visiting the train station daily for over nine years after his owner's death, had four yakitori skewers in his stomach when he died. They neither harmed his stomach nor led to his death. He died of terminal cancer and worms.
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For two years, teenage Catholic girl Stefania Podgórska and her younger sister Helena saved thirteen Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland by giving them refuge in their home's attic. Stefania married Max, a survivor, shortly after the war.
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TIL in 1983, an 18-year-old boy fell from Space Mountain, paralyzed from the waist down. Disneyland was found not at fault. Throughout the trial, the jury was taken to the park to experience Space Mountain, and multiple ride vehicles were brought to the courtroom to illustrate their functionality.
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TIL that a bodega cat (also known as a deli cat, store cat, shop cat, the manager, or the boss) is a type of working cat that inhabits a bodega, which in New York City English refers to a convenience store or deli. They control rodents and other pests.
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TIL that the Chicago rat hole was a hole shaped like a rat in the sidewalk of West Roscoe Street in Chicago, Illinois. After existing for decades, it became a viral social media phenomenon, attracting tourists. City officials removed the slab in April 2024, and it's currently stored in City Hall.
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TIL that headfooters or tadpole people are basic depictions of humans as figures lacking a torso, with arms and legs connected to the head. They show up in the drawings of young children before they have learned to create torsos and advance to more lifelike representations like stick figures.
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TIL during the Crimean War, Adolphe Sax invented two other devices after the saxophone. Neither was built: he created the "Saxotonnerre", an engine-driven organ intended to be so loud as to be heard throughout all of Paris.The second was the "Saxocannon", a cannon capable of obliterating a city.
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TIL during the Crimean War, Adolphe Sax invented two other devices after the saxophone. Neither was built: he created the "Saxotonnerre", an engine-driven organ intended to be so loud that it could be heard throughout Paris.The second was the "Saxocannon", a cannon capable of obliterating a city.
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TIL that the Wilhelm scream, which is a sound effect that has been used in over 400 films, was originally titled "Man getting bit by an alligator, and he screams."
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TIL for two years, teenage Catholic girl Stefania Podgórska and her younger sister Helena saved thirteen Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland by giving them refuge in their home's attic. Stefania married Max, a survivor, shortly after the war.
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TIL that in 1953, Ringo Starr developed tuberculosis and was admitted to a sanatorium, where he stayed for two years. While there, the medical staff attempted to alleviate boredom by encouraging patients to participate in the hospital band, resulting in his initial encounter with a drumset.
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TIL that in his early years at Choate, JFK lived in the shadow of his older brother and countered this by acting out, which drew a group of friends. Their most infamous trick involved blowing up a toilet seat with a firecracker.
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TIL that in 1830, there was an effort to take the skull from the remains of George Washington's body, located in a tomb at Mount Vernon. Instead, the thief accidentally took the skull from the remains of a relative of Judge Bushrod Washington
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