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TIL about the Great Sheep Panic of 1888 where tens of thousands of sheep, in an area of 200 square miles, simultaneously broke out of their enclosure and looked like they were terror stricken

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Lkkgv TIL: Matches used to be made with toxic white phosphorus. It was so toxic workers often contracted "Phossy Jaw," causing their face to rot away and their bones to literally glow in the dark.
D8de TIL the 6th man to walk on the moon claimed peace-loving aliens came to earth in order to stop a USA vs Soviet nuclear war
JYk5l TIL that the U.S. Constitution gives the Senate the sole power to declare war and that the last time they did was for WWII.
Blor TIL of ‘Courage’, the Wedge-Tailed Eagle mascot of the Second Australian Calvary Regiment. After refusing to cooperate on a training exercise, Courage flew away for two days. Once located, he was found to have been AWOL, and was formally demoted from the rank of Corporal back to Trooper.
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