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TIL: A horse has a maximum output of 15 hp

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melv TIL a Liverpool fan killed himself when his team were 3-0 down in the 2006 Champions League final; they came back to win the game.
e0D8b TIL that during testing of The Legend of Zelda in 1986, the testers complained that the game was too confusing and that they kept getting lost. As a result of this, Shigeru Miyamoto decided to make the game even harder by starting off the player without a weapon.
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.
Eg5XV Today I learned that in the Bahamas, people drive on the left side of the road, but about half the cars are designed for driving on the right side.
Oogma TIL that traditional forest management used a sustainable method of wood harvesting called "coppicing" that would involve cutting a young tree to the stump, and harvesting the shoots in 7-20 years. One square km of coppiced land used produces enough heat for 100 homes a year.