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TIL Greyhounds are universal blood donors for dogs

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wLLRE The lion cub died up to 50,000 years ago but was found perfectly preserved in the frosty ground.
GYEYg TIL of "Penis Fencing", where two hermaphroditic flatworms battle each other with their dagger-like penises to determine which one will stab the other and inject them with their sperm
p0WO TIL The Ottoman Empire still existed when the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
ne5lW TIL the first commercial fax service, between Lyon and Paris France in 1865, by Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli, was created 11 years before the invention of the telephone.
R57bl TIL 2-hour marathons were considered physically impossible. In 2017, Nike's "Breaking2" project had the top three long distance runners in the world attempt it. Eliud Kipchoge missed the mark by 25 secs. Two years later, Ineos signed Kipchoge to try again. He ran 1:59:40 officially breaking 2 hours.