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TIL Teddy Roosevelt had a pet one-legged rooster

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mPKx TIL that Billy Gumboots the goat, president of the small NZ town of Whangamomona from 1999 to 2001, was elected after he ate the opponent candidates’ ballot papers and died in office 18 months later. Tai the Poodle was then elected, but retired after less than a year due to an assassination attempt.
M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.
wopJE TIL commercial mayonnaise doesn’t need to be refrigerated. My mind is blown
awBg9 TIL Science shows that the Egg came first, not the Chicken. 1. The first egg was laid by a bird that was not a chicken. 2. The first amniotic (hard-shelled) egg laid on land was around 312 million years ago. Chickens are domesticated descendants of red junglefowl from at most 8000 years ago.
BrQbd TIL about the Grafton castaways, a real-life Gilligan's Island. Shipwrecked for 18 months in the Auckland islands in 1864, the 5 men lived in a thatched hut complete with glass windows and bookshelves. They built a forge to work metal, tanned leather, made soap from seashells, and even brewed beer.