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TIL That while a cow eats basically no fat in its natural diet, bacteria digest the grass such that the cow absorbs 70% of its calories from fats

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bBLQ TIL 80% of lightning strike victims are male.
v9WR TIL that after undergoing eye surgery, French impressionist painter Claude Monet allegedly developed the ability to see certain UV wavelenghts, which was also reflected in some of his paintings
rReWd TIL Dartmouth’s unofficial mascot is a beer keg called “Keggy the Keg.” Created in 2003, it was initially controversial but is now part of the Dartmouth culture.
ed74 TIL that Jennifer Aniston, Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adrien Grenier, Wesley Snipes, Azealia Banks, Eagle Eye Cherry, Nicki Minaj, Liza Minnelli, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro all went to the same high school
neQPG TIL some of the slaves freed from Charleston SC during the civil war organized a March at a race track where union soldiers had died in what is known as the first memorial day observance (a year before other states, and 3 years prior to the first national observance).