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TIL 22% of the genome of Holstein dairy cattle has been altered by human selection in the last 40 years. Dairy cows are no longer bred for increased milk production because the average dairy cow already produces 21,000 pounds of milk, compared to 5,000 lbs in 1942.

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b9V7N TIL about Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank and her family. She hid them in the Secret Annex for 25 months until they were found by the Gestapo. She survived because the officer who found her felt bad, but sent the others to the camps. She later gave Otto Frank Anne's diary and died in 2010.
oB6yK TIL: The founder of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer, was a spiritualist who said he "received chiropractic from the other world" from a deceased medical physician named Dr. Jim Atkinson.
0dJkj TIL that Mickey Rooney condemned the slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night, calling its makers "scum" for coming up with a killer in a Santa Claus suit... then ironically ended up playing another killer in a Santa Claus suit years later in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5.
4kLaa TIL About Gustave, a 20-Foot, one-ton Nile Crocodile in Burundi With Mythical Status, Thought to Have Killed Some 200+ People
rRk7e TIL in Japan ~%99 of people are cremated. After cremation, the family uses chopsticks to transfer the bones out of the ash and into an urn. This is the ONLY time is acceptable to pass anything from chopsticks to chopsticks. Doing such outside of a funeral can remind bystanders of a recent funeral.