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TIL: Putting duct tape on a horses nose calms them down to help you shoe them.

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v15vK TIL Sarcasm is illegal in North-Korea, especially if the intent is to criticize the government.
grNV8 TIL About James Hampton, an unknown janitor who collected scraps and secretly built artwork using it in a garage. His art, called "Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly" was only found after his death, and is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
oVdA TIL that a popular 17th century Chinese concoction of pickled fish & spices called “kê-chiap” was picked up by the English explorers. The English settlers took it with them to the American colonies. This concoction became quite popular and we know it today as Ketchup.
ONk6 TIL of the US 77th Division’s “Lost Battalion”, nine WWI companies that held their ground in the Argonne for six days after accidentally advancing too far; surrounded by Germans, shelled by their own artillery, and low on rations and ammunition, only 194 out of approximately 544 men were rescued
mDLR TIL lemons are a manmade hybrid of an orange and a citron