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TIL goats have "accents"

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P1j9J TIL About A Void, a 300-page French novel that is entirely written without the letter E
Enlp TIL a man with a fake eye was convicted and executed by the Puritans for the crime of bestiality after spotting a piglet that looked a bit like him.
4dON TIL despite the existence of the Pan-American Highway, it is not possible to drive between South America and Central America in a normal passenger car. Swamps, indigenous peoples, FARC rebels, and environmental considerations have left the 100-km “Darién Gap” undeveloped.
b6YwN TIL that Leonard Cohen was never quite satisfied with his writing. He would spend days, months, and even years re-writing song lyrics until he was content. One example is his song “Hallelujah” - around 80 to about 180 draft verses were written for the song, and in the end, Cohen only chose four.
D19vj Today I learned that babies have almost 100 more bones than adults