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TIL: The unique culture of the Maasai includes a local drink made by mixing a cow's blood with its milk. This beverage is so rich in nutrients that locals treat it similarly to how Western society sees sports drinks; of dubious health benefit but also likely to provide a boost in strength & energy.

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69gEJ TIL Susan Backlinie the actress who played the 1st shark attack victim in the movie Jaws, wasnt actually injured by the harness as was heavily rumoured to be the reason for her realistic screams in fact it was due to being shocked after intentionally not being warned when she would start to be moved
78XVZ TIL there are over 700 dogs and 100 cats living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone and Clear Future Fund’s Dogs of Chernobyl program looks after their wellbeing
kOEr1 TIL (and also fucked up) that you can use your shoelaces to unlock your car when you lock your keys in like I did today
X05yR TIL Abraham Lincoln was kicked in the head by a horse at age 9, almost severed a thumb with an axe, got frostbite on his feet, clubbed on the head during a robbery, had malaria and smallpox, and experienced the death of his mother, sister, and 2 sons. He suffered from melancholy(clinical depression)
4XyDN TIL: Thanks to a gruesome mistake, a French Canadian Voyageur was shot in the stomach, but later healed and recovered from the wound, scientists were better able to understand the digestive tract thanks to how his wound healed, which allowed probing of his stomach actively digesting.