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TIL McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli

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yMMa TIL: Giraffes are commonly witnessed in the wild gnawing on bones of dead animals to supplement their calcium intake
W7RwL TIL in 1923, a jockey named Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack and died mid-race. His body somehow remained on the horse and crossed the finish line in first place. He had never won a race before in his life.
rR5Yx TIL In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that "eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one’s face".
YpW5G TIL that cerebral palsy is a brain disorder that affects the areas of the brain that control movement. While CP can occur with intellectual disabilities, CP itself does not affect the reasoning areas of the brain. Most people with the disorder are as intelligent as anyone else.
mxZny TIL of Chief Buffalo Hump. His Nʉmʉ tekwapu (Comanche) name, properly transliterated, was Po-cha-na-quar-hip which meant "erection that won't go down".