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TIL before the reintroduction of the horse to North America indigenous people of the great plains would use dog pulled travois to transport goods

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YVRd TIL: Sardinian Cheese is illegal. The cheese is made from goats milk that is fermented in a a newborn baby goat’s stomach. The baby goat is killed, its milk filled stomach is then hung up for months while the milk hardens into cheese. Although it is illegal, it is still made today.
Y7VKB TIL about Robert Liston, a British surgeon noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anesthetics. His most famous case involved a leg amputation that took 2 1/2 minutes, and resulted in the amputation of his assistant's fingers and the coat tails of a surgical spectator.
KON1E TIL In 1968 MV Captain Leonidas was a ship that was tried to capsized in the deepest fjord in Western Hemisphere in Messier Channel, Pantagonia Chile. The reason was to claim insurance , but the ship stayed afloat, the captain's license was revoked & the shipwreck remained in the channel.
MJj7 TIL Dominos Pizza stopped using its “Avoid The Noid” mascot because a 22 yr old paranoid schizophrenic named Kenneth Noid–thinking he was the real Noid–took 2 employees hostage with a .357 magnum revolver.
vPBvR TIL we're all pronouncing "sherbet" wrong because a 1939 song rhymed it with "Herbert"