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TIL that cows have “best friends” and get stressed when separated

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oB7k8 TIL in 2002, a Coptic monk in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre moved his chair just a bit to get away from the sun. This caused a fistfight between Ethiopian and Coptic monks and eleven people ended up being hospitalised.
7r617 TIL that the average male gorilla is about 20 times stronger than the average adult man.
X0wnX TIL Dry (related to wine) just means the opposite of sweet
ML07 TIL While making the album “Nevermind,” There was concern about the nude baby on the cover being too inappropriate. Cobain then said he would just add a sticker on the penis saying “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
p8ynZ TIL James Chadwick (discovered the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discovered the proton) who was a student of Thomson (discovered the electron)