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TIL that humans have been giving animals personal names since at least 2300 BC

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5YDgR Today I learned that a thousand year old garlic and onion medical recipe was an effective antibiotic ointment.
wKR1 TIL there is penguin called Sandy in a german zoo that is in love with her human keeper since 1996
VMLL4 TIL that when company CEOs like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg took only $1 in yearly salary, it wasn't necessarily an altruistic move, but rather it is more tax-efficient (for example 35% vs. 15%) to receive compensation in ways that are taxed as "capital gains".
kOgE1 TIL North Korea law specifies ‘three generations of punishment’. If you commit a crime, your children and grandchildren will also receive the full brunt of punishment, which often involves a lifetime in prison, also children born in prison are raised as prisoners because their “blood is guilty”.
54dP TIL It’s rumored that Mathew Perry made a bet with Bruce Willis that if The Whole Nine Yards (a movie in which both co-starred) opened at No 1 at the box office, Willis would have do a guest-appearance in Friends for free. Willis lost, and guest-starred in Friends.