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TIL Amazon India deliver Cow Dung via their site. This is for Hindu Cow Dung Burning Rituals

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XQrR TIL Julia Stewart, who worked as a waitress at an IHOP at 16 years old, worked her way up through various jobs to become a President at Applebees. After being passed over for CEO, she returned to IHOP, became CEO, and later acquired Applebees.
loGrN TIL A gorilla carried a 3-year-old boy to safety after he fell into an enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo. The Gorilla, named Binti Jua, gently carried the child to a safe place to protect him from the other gorillas. The boy suffered a broken hand and cuts to his face.
Kl5B TIL that the honorific for an especially skilled driver reacting adequately to an emergency situation in Russia is “железобетонное очко”, meaning “one whose anus is made of reinforced concrete”.
GAKeg TIL Finnish broadcaster Yle produced news bulletin in Latin between 1989 and 2019. It was ended when there was no replacement for aging producer.
rP4 TIL British bombers bombed wooden German decoy airplanes 1944. With wooden decoy bombs.