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TIL Baby horses are born with "feathers", AKA faery fingers or golden slippers (real name eponychium). They protect the mother's uterus during gestation and birth canal during parturition from damage from the otherwise sharp and dangerous hoof kicks. They harden and fall off very soon after birth.

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M7QRB TIL about the Mesha Stele, which documents the victory of a Moabite King, Mesha, over the Israelite led coalition, as confirmed in the Old Testament. The stele claims that the Moabite national god, Chemosh, has defeated Yahweh, as a consequence of the pivotal sacrifice of his firstborn son to him
wLymW TIL that some "Negative Ion" products may contain varying minerals from volcanic ash and titanium to less familiar ones such as tourmaline, zeolite, germanium and monazite sand. They may also contain naturally occurring radioactive elements, including uranium and thorium.
WXXL TIL IBM made a movie by moving atoms and recording them with an electron microscope.
9G9D TIL John Oliver’s comedic commentary has been credited with helping influence US culture by shedding light on issues otherwise ignored. This has been dubbed “The John Oliver effect.
eNBL TIL that Alexander Turner, father of American poet Daisy Turner, was a slave who escaped from his Virginia plantation during the Civil War, joined the Union Army, and guided his regiment back to the plantation where he killed his former overseer