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TIL "drooping ears" is a trait for domesticated animals that doesn't occur in the wild (except elephants). Almost all species gain the trait when domesticated. One experiment successfully domesticated foxes over 40 generations, and by then their ears were drooping.

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GAPdg TIL the 2nd heaviest person in recorded history (1,340lbs) was ordered by his government to undergo weight loss treatment. He lost over 700lbs in just 6 months, and currently weighs 150lbs.
W7pvo TIL that in 2011 a court in the U.K. banned a man with a 48 IQ from having sex determining that he didn't have the mental capacity to understand the health risks associated with his actions.
N06J TIL that the Irish Parliament once passed a bill of attainder requiring thousands to go to Dublin for sentencing for their supposed disloyalty. Viscount Mountjoy was in prison in the Bastille at the time; he was ordered to break out and get to Dublin, or else face being drawn and quartered.
rgy1 TIL King Cobra is called as “King” becuase it can eat other species of snakes, and their poison doesn’t affect it.
9Yo67 TIL about Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the solar system, which is about 2.5x taller than Everest, is about the size of Poland, and has a mile wide moat around it due to the immense weight pushing down the crust of Mars around it.