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TIL that the reason why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t appear in more movies is because unlike the other reindeer, Rudolph is copyrighted by a Connecticut-based company. He was created by Robert L. May in 1939, for a story for a coloring book, which turned out to be a huge success.

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N7E7e TIL Dr. William Dove was able to produce unicorn (single-horn) rams, goats, and a bull in 1930 by moving the un-anchored horn buds of the animal and trimming them so that they fit together. Dove reported that his unicorn bull became the leader of its herd and was very rarely challenged by others.
1vbO TIL that only around 5% of Buddha’s teachings have been translated to modern languages; a global non-profit group named 84,000 aims to translate all of Buddha’s teachings to modern languages in order to combat the possible loss of this cultural heritage
x6Njk TIL that pregnant mice exposed to unfamiliar males often terminate their own existing pregnancies and mate with the new male. This is called the Bruce effect
XrmX TIL raindrops aren’t actually ‘teardrop’ shaped, they are shaped more like “the top half of a hamburger bun.”
lw55 TIL Bette Davis owned a nightclub in Hollywood for US servicemen and women where everything was free, and other celebrities would regularly volunteer to serve food or perform.