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TIL skilled sheepdogs sell for $30,000 or more.

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gM9K9 TIL that along with blacksmiths, there are "whitesmiths" who work with tin or other light metals and "brownsmiths" who work with brass or copper.
8ex0L TIL 95 acres worth of corn are needed daily to keep up with production at Jack Daniel’s distillery
oBLBo TIL while Billy Idol was recovering after a motorcycle accident that stopped him from appearing in Terminator 2, an interviewer commented that his muscle stimulator made him a "Cyberpunk". This led to Idol's album of the same name, supported with a pioneering Internet promo campaign.
ANabn TIL China builds manmade islands for ports/airstrips on top of coral reefs in the South China Sea, effectively destroying those coral reefs.
X01DP TIL that the U.S. state with the highest STD rate is Mississippi, with a rate of 1,291.4 STD cases per 100,000 state residents.