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TIL that goats, like us, have regional accents, and goats from different regions can have trouble understanding each other.

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KYeEJ TIL of Bill Biggart, the only photojournalist killed on 9/11. He took his last photo seconds before the North Tower collapsed, burying him and his cameras (with preserved film) in the rubble.
l4JG TIL Oreos are vegan and the “creme” filling contains no milk products.
yVWjw TIL about Project Plowshare, a US program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. Proposed uses included widening the Panama Canal, excavate a roadcut in the Mojave Desert for the construction of I-40, and create an artificial harbor in Alaska
R5aK9 TIL penguins are able to “refrigerate” the food in their stomach to make it last longer for their chicks.
7rZX7 TIL a woman in Mexico named Ines Ramirez performed a C-section on herself after hours of painful contractions. Fearing that her baby would be stillborn, she drank 2 cups of high-proof alcohol and used a kitchen knife to make the incision. Both the mother and the baby survived.