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TIL Kenya rejected aid of 42 tons of ‘dog food’ aimed at starving children sent by a New Zealand dog food manufacturer

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Xerj TIL That in 2009 scientists brought an extinct species back to life through cloning. The clone lived for seven minutes before dying of a lung defect.
wjG1 TIL In Japan, if you commit suicide by jumping in front of a Train, Rail Companies charge your family a fee.
8BOG TIL that turkeys do something called a “shock gobble” where they automatically have to belt out a gobble to any loud sound, whether it’s another turkey or a car door slamming, to sound like they’re the biggest critter around. TIL that turkeys are stupid.
8eN1L TIL that carbon fiber underwear can absorb and filter out the unpleasant odor of a fart
xV850 TIL that after Part 1 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns" aired, someone on Usenet correctly guessed the identity of Mr. Burns' killer the same night. However, the producers were unable to contact this person after Part 2 aired, because the person used a college email address that was defunct by that time.