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TIL In the United States cows can be given growth hormones but chickens can not.

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MZQb TIL that dandelions can be used to produce rubber. Car tires made from dandelions are in development.
BgB8x TIL that Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina, widely regarded as a potential future star until 1979, was rushed back to training after an injury and pressured to perform a dangerous move (the Thomas salto), which resulted in a broken neck and left her a quadriplegic. She passed away at 46 in 2006.
yV0ke TIL after Zinedine Zidane infamously headbutted Italian defender Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup Final, it was actually Materazzi that was issued a fine and a two match suspension for the incident. Other than receiving a red card, Zidane went unpunished.
LQoBd TIL Caption America debuted in Caption America Comics #1 in 1941, the cover of which depicted him punching Hitler in the face
PBoG TIL of Yang Kyoungjon, a Korean soldier who fought in the Imperial Japanese Army, captured and forced into the Soviet Red Army, and later recaptured and forced into the German Wehrmacht during World War II, eventually being captured and freed by paratroopers of the US army in 1944.