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TIl it’s impossible to lasso Zebras because they have enough coordination to dodge the rope, a skill horses lack. This is why they’ve never been domesticated.

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epNEE TIL 100 years ago the world population was about 1.8B, approximately the population of China+USA today.
rRygW TIL that Pope Stephen VI dug up the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had been buried only 7 months, and put him on trial for perjury and illegally acceding to his papacy. just propped him up there, dead as hell, and if you can believe it, found him guilty.
grZnX TIL that honey never spoils, and edible honey was found in Egyptian tombs that's over 3,000 years old!
VWb8 TIL: Sabrina Erdely (the lady who wrote the Rolling Stone UVA Rape hoax) wrote a story for Rolling Stone in 2011 about a boy who was raped by 2 priests and a school teacher. All 3 were sent to jail. Turns out the story was also false.
70KX TIL Frank Sinatra’s death coincided with the west coast airing of the series finale of Seinfeld. With everybody indoors watching the episode, the ambulance carrying Sinatra was able to get to the hospital in 10 minutes due to the light traffic.