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TIL that undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s punch was tested by Boxing Illustrated in 1963, and found to have more explosive energy than an armour piercing bullet.

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0wPAR TIL Each year, approximately 60,000 Spanish Galgos (hunting dogs) are abandoned or tortured to death in Spain. By tradition, the dogs are often killed by hanging them by their necks with their feet just touching the ground. The more they suffer the more successful the following hunting season willbe
Bgrdk TIL Empress Leopoldina from the house of Habsburg was the first woman to become head of state in an independent country in the Americas. She was one of the masterminds behind Brazil independence and the yellow in the flag symbolizes her house of Habsburg. She was also behind German migrations there.
XE6Gr TIL a woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull to protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away
LQN9P TIL that most states in the USA have an official state fossil, for example the Stegosaurus stenops for Colorado.
0d0wL TIL cheetahs can have support dogs