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TIL that rats become more emotionally resilient when they are taught how to drive a small vehicle

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grE9y TIL Hornussen is a indigenous Swiss sport. It's named after the "Hornuss" (Hornet) puck, which buzzes at speeds up to 300 km/h. First recorded in Bern 1625, in a complaint about the breaking of Sabbath. Two men were fined the sum of 20 francs for playing Hornussen on Sunday.
MeX98 TIL Yves Volel was Anderson Cooper’s math teacher. Volel was a Haitian activist and political leader who fled Haiti in '65 and became a U.S. math teacher. When he returned to Haiti to run for president in ’87, he was assassinated.
KOK4J TIL Jon Cryer hasn't spoke to Charlie Sheen in years but is still friends with Ashton Kutcher
XxQD TIL that solid iron cannonballs kept underwater for a long time can explode once they reach the surface- [gas bubbles are trapped underwater at enormous pressure- once at surface, pressure is no longer equalized from within and without- ergo explosion potential]
9wMBr TIL, a medieval map, one of the oldest maps in existence, depicts a mythical creature that farts at hunters, killing them