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TIL that pigs can't look up at the sky from a standing position

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Lk8aQ TIL in Taiwan, you can receive a bounty for submitting roadcam footage of traffic violations
XE7Vj TIL usually people blink 20 times per minute but only 7 times while using computer
YplRW TIL of the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes, which were powerful enough to cause the Mississippi River to flow backwards for a few hours.
J17a8 TIL A German horse was taught math.. except it was later found that the horse had learnt to recognise human reactions to its answers and was just "counting up to the answer" until it got the right reaction
QN5Ek TIL that China's soil lacks selenium, a mineral crucial for horse strength and breeding. Because of this, the Zhou were able to form a dynasty by buying warhorses from selenium-rich Mongolia, which enriched both, but this same imbalance posed a dire threat whenever tensions with Mongolia arose.