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TIL Johnny Depp adopted the one-eyed horse that played Ichabod Crane’s steed, Gunpowder, in Sleepy Hollow to save him from being put down.

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DDkV TIL there were 6 assassins sent to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and 1 of them threw a bomb that exploded under the wrong car. His assassination failed, he took a cyanide pill and jumped into the river. The pill only induced vomiting and the river was only 13cm deep. He failed at killing himself too
PQVE TIL that sharks dont have a urinary system and excrete urea through their skin. After catching a shark it needs to be bled quickly to rid the shark of the urea in the blood which can ruin the meat.
KO9Dw TIL that Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, is not a part of our DNA, but instead is a bacteria that developed a symbiotic relationship with cells some 1.7 to 2 billion years ago.
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oRedo TIL the average male height in the US is 69.420 inches tall aka 5'9"