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TIL Hippopotamus Milk is Pink and Acts as Natural Sunscreen

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ZpxQQ TIL that Koreans have had heated floor technology since at least 1,000 B.C.E.
KYnw TIL Catholic priests were ordered to be celibate so that the church’s riches would not be “shared or inherited” away to the priests’ families.
wL0d8 TIL that the Dana-Farber Institute is supported financially by the National Cancer Institute. Many of Dana-Farber’s research faculty members also hold positions at Harvard University. Essentially, taxpayer money is helping finance research at Harvard.
j6Jwp TIL in 1923; Frank Hayes, A racing jockey was Racing the horse named sweet kiss, Had a fatal heart attack midway through the race and died. The horse and his body crossed the finish line. Making him the first and only racer to win a race after death.
ANNnw TIL about lithopedions : stone children - Unborn calcified foetuses