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TIL a cow-bison hybrid is called a Beefalo.

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GQmG TIL Pope Francis was a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub before joining the priesthood.
dl5E TIL one of Frank Abagnale’s (Catch Me If You Can) first cons was to buy a security guard costume, and place a sign over a bank drop box saying “Out of Service, Place deposits with security guard on duty”. He later stated he was shocked it worked, commenting “How can a drop box be out of service?”.
LAPv TIL that during the 1977 New York blackout, a number of looters stole DJ equipment from electronics stores and as a result, the hip hop genre, barely known outside of the Bronx at the time, grew at an astounding rate from 1977 onward.
WA8A TIL that the word ambisinistrous is the opposite of ambidextrous; it means ‘no good with either hand’
oR4GL TIL of an elephant given by Louis IX of France as a gift to Henry III of England in 1255. While living in the Tower of London, the elephant was given a diet of prime cuts of beef and expensive red wine; it was claimed that the elephant died in 1257 from drinking too much wine.