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TIL 70% of all red meat consumed worldwide is goat meat.

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vP5Oj TIL on October 18, 1963 French scientists launched a rocket into space, containing a cat named Felicette. She orbited close to 100 miles above earth, then descended safely to the ground via a special parachute. Felicetti has the high honor of being the only cat launched into space thus far.
OL0Y TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker created Cartman based on what they thought Archie Bunker from All in the Family would have been like as a child.
nE0Y TIL Steffi Graf is the only tennis player to complete a Golden Slam, where one wins all four majors and the Olympic Gold medal in one year.
wyJY TIL there is a Family Guy episode which is so controversial FOX will not broadcast it in America.
Oo00g TIL about Nelly Bly, America’s first investigative journalist who faked being crazy and was sent to an asylum, where she experienced misdiagnosis, abuse, and harassment. In 1887, “Behind Asylum Bars” was printed. A grand jury investigation soon forced NYC to allocate more money for the mentally ill.