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Techi Jedi said:

Juliana (died 1946) was a medal-winning Great Dane. She was awarded two Blue Cross medals. During WWII, she extinguished an incendiary bomb that landed in the house where she lived when her owner during The Blitz. How did she extinguish it? The only way a dog could - by peeing on it.

The second award came when she saved her owner again from a fire in the house. Pretty awesome dog! Read more in Wikipedia. 

What a good dog!!  How lucky that the bomb was extinguished by Juliana's little behavior.  Amazing story of why dog's are known as a man's best friend. 

I just perused that article for a refresh.  I like the history behind why a glove box is called a glove box in your car.