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TIL that turkeys will attack or attempt to dominate humans they view as subordinate

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78wor TIL women spend just as much time checking out other women's chests as men do.
6EKNY TIL that in the 1904 Olympics marathon various competitors were high and/or mildly poisoned, a competitor came out in 4th after stopping to eat apples and take a nap, and the first black African to compete in the Olympic games ran 2 kilometers out of the course because he was being chased by dogs.
R7jX4 TIL about Lady Wonder, a horse who some believed had psychic abilities. 150,000 people paid to consult Lady Wonder ($1 for three questions). While many assumed it was an elaborate hoax, the horse did help locate the body of a missing person.
5MOn TIL that over 30 million Facebook accounts belong to dead people
OEDe TIL Richard Dawkins coined the word meme in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.