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TIL the Miss Navajo Nation pageant requires contestants to butcher a sheep

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ep7EL TIL about the “golden horse”, thought to be the oldest existing horse breed, and has a very distinctive metallic sheen to their coats.
byWQ TIL that the 10 richest women in the world all inherited their wealth from either their father or late husband.
4koxw Today I learned that the Ancient Greco-Roman practise of placing coins in the eyes or mouth of the deceased as payment for Charon was still practised in Cambodia recently under a different religious belief.
1aRkD TIL Jimmy Carter was the first President born in a hospital.
xMV7 TIL that a KFC employee discovered a 200 page, type-written manuscript written by Colonel Sanders (b1890-d1980) consisting of recipes, anecdotes, and life lessons, in 2011.