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TIL that while the Royal Navy suspended flogging in 1879, they never actually abolished it.

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REN4 TIL the United States of America has a mystery that one writer calls “the biggest animal cold case in the nation’s history”: cattle/animal mutilations. In Kansas, for example, cattle were found with “ears, tongues, genitals and udders all neatly removed. Often, the scene was bloodless and trackless”
vgp8 TIL A North Carolina man owns the only known recording of Super Bowl I, as CBS and NBC didn’t save it. The NFL countered his $1 million offer for the taping with $30,000, then later refused to buy it at all, yet warned him he’ll face legal action if he sells it to anyone else.
KX0G TIL that Koko the “talking” gorilla has allegedly sexually harassed female zoo employees
oBZJR TIL the Goiania Incident was a mass radiation exposued caused when some poor people found a radioactive device in an abandoned hospital and passed it around, calling it "magical dust"
pYyPA TIL that Taco Bell partnered with a recycling company so you can ship back your empty hot sauce packets