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TIL Goats have accents and if you take two goats from different parts of the world they won’t be able to understand each other

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eppL TIL nearly all people with Down syndrome exhibit Alzheimer’s Disease by age 40, due to the fact that they have an extra copy of the gene responsible for forming the plaques that lead to the disease.
KYoME TIL in 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a plane to see which seats have the most chance of survival
1BMV TIL an ancient Persian poet recorded the fable of a King who challenged wise men to make him a ring that would make him both happy when he was sad and sad when he was happy. They succeeded by giving him a ring etched with the phrase “This Too Shall Pass.”
VM6jD TIL in 2016 Vince Neil, Mötley Crüe lead singer, grabbed a woman by the hair after she asked for Nicolas Cage's autograph... who he was hanging out with at the time; Cage tried to restrain him
oBnpL TIL that Elvis Presley was critical of the Beatles, stating that they “laid the groundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy, unkempt appearances and suggestive music”