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TIL about Governor McGovern

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0w1oy TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.
5VynR TIL that the most famous poem by Zhang Zongchang--a 'warrior poet' who was named Time's 'Basest Warlord'--reads "You tell me to do this, he tells me to do that. You're all bastards. Go fuck your mother."
DExv TIL: Five of the world’s ten richest people belong to two families (Koch and Walton)
xVXbo TIL It's estimated for every baby chimpanzee sold by traffickers, 10 adults were killed in defense of that 1 infant.
6EVVm TIL: 72 year old US Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was mugged and shot twice in front of his home in 1973. Despite being severely wounded he managed to walk into his home and call an ambulance. He would live another 22 years