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TIL that in 2015, a Louisiana man was arrested for drunkenly riding a horse on a highway. When detained, he said, "The horse knows the way home" and the sheriff concluded it did not constitute DUI.

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XojQ TIL Cilantro (Coriander) is supposed to taste pleasantly fresh and like citrus. Scientists are still not sure why it tastes unpleasant and soapy for some people (including me).
XEXlk TIL that some people can see into the ultraviolet part of the spectrum when they have their lens removed from cataracts (called aphakia), and that UV color is described as a pale whitish-blue. This is why Claude Monet, who became aphakic, began painting w/ more blue post-surgery! Weird!!
yQKBp TIL zookeepers make "bloodcicles" for big cats during the summer
DQBge TIL Hemispherectomyis (the removal/disconnecting of a hemisphere of the brain) has been an effective way to treat drug resistant epilepsy. Some patients are expected to lose advanced language abilities but others have gone on to be communication specialists.
R1Bj TIL that the U.S. school system serves 30.5 million lunches per day. 65% of the students are so poor that their lunch is free. Another 7% only pay $0.40. Only 28% of students are well off enough to pay the $3 per meal.