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TIL in 2008 an Australian special forces dog named Sarbi spent almost 14 months missing in action after disappearing during an ambush. Eventually an American soldier noticed her with a local man & confirmed she was a trained military dog by using voice commands. She was then reunited w/ her handlers	23755
TIL Jeff Koons' studio resembles an art factory. He doesn't do the sculpting or much of the painting in his artwork. It's his ideas & standards but artisans do the labor. In 2019, his stainless steel inflatable rabbit resold for $91 million; highest ever paid at auction for a work by a living artist	8910
TIL the biggest single prize ever captured during the Golden Age of Piracy was in 1721 by John Taylor & Olivier La Bouche. Their two pirate ships boarded the Portuguese treasure ship Nostra Senhora de Cabo which had £500K in valuables & general cargo worth £375K (a total of over $250 million today).	228
TIL three people are confirmed to have been cured of HIV and another three similar cases have been reported, but it is too early to say if HIV has been completely cleared in these cases.	21
TIL when George R.R. Martin was writing A Storm of Swords he skipped over the chapter with the Red Wedding in it & finished the rest of the book before making himself go back to write it. It was very hard & painful for him to kill off the characters in that scene that he'd lived with for so long.	4
TIL a study found that computer engineering & chemical engineering are the top two college majors with the highest median salary in the US for both: those within 5 years of their graduation (bachelor's only) & those graduates who are 35-45 years old (with at least a bachelor's).	1
TIL a study found that 8 of the top 9 college majors with the highest median salary, within 5 years of graduation, were engineering-related.	1
TIL a study found that 8 of the top 9 college majors with the highest median salary, within 5 years of graduation, are engineering-related.	1
TIL a Tennessee emu became spooked by loggers working nearby & after a few tries the 6.5-foot bird got over a 7-foot fence & proceeded to lead his owner, the police, and other community members on a 20-mile chase while topping out at about 40 mph. About 8 hours later, social media helped locate him.	1

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