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TIL that there are guide mini horses who are service animals for blind people.

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xJ8b TIL of the legend of Sir Francis Drake’s drum. It is said that on his deathbed he requested that the drum be returned to his manor and that, if ever England were to come under attack, one would beat the drum, he would return to protect the country.
JYnom TIL of Jeff Hall, a white nationalist indoctrinating his 12 year old son in his beliefs & teaching him to shoot at the border. One day, his son retrieved his gun & shot him in the head.
5V0lQ TIL that Mecca was laid siege in 1979 by a man who thought he was the prophesied Mahdi (the eschatological basis of Frank Herbert's Muad'Dib) and this attack triggered the conservative transformation away from liberal reforms, for Saudi culture, for decades.
ADBdx TIL in most ordinary people, our two ears are not equally good at processing verbal input: there is a right ear advantage (REA) that makes us perceive verbal input from this side more clearly
XNQQ TIL Nicolas Cage lost over $100 Million of his net worth after purchasing 15 homes, including two castles, a private island, four yachts, and a 67 million year old dinosaur skull.