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TIL that goats can eat poison ivy with no ill effects. There are farmers that rent out goats to clear parks, golf courses and historical sites without using chemicals and herbicides.

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E1X0W TIL in Iceland your last name comes from your father's name with 'son' or 'dottir' added to the end based on your gender. If father is Jonas then your last name will be Jonasson if son or Jonasdottir if daughter. Ergo, all last names end with son or dottir and you always know the fathers name.
QJ789 TIL 5-10% of Melanesians have blond hair making them one of a few non-European people and the only dark skinned people outside of Australia known to possess a mutation allowing for this growth.
xVk51 TIL That skulls have been found in China that are part human, part neanderthal
bOQQ TIL Dave Chappelle converted to Islam in 1998. He said, “I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing”
ADvng TIL Nigeria started a famine in 1968 that would kill 2-3 million people, prompting one of the largest humanitarian crises of all time. To which Nigeria responded "If the children must die first, then that is too bad, just too bad."