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TIL there is a pig out there with a coat like a sheep that almost went extinct by the 1990s called the Mangalica pig.

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bXXa TIL that Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, accidentally consumed the sedated drink that he made for his victim, fell asleep, and was robbed of 300 USD and a watch. Naturally, he did not report the incident.
7rQwO TIL of cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey, who developed MASH hospitals and many new surgical techniques, including the first treatment for aortic dissection. In 2005, he suffered an aoertic dissection and his life was saved by the surgery he invented.
GN94 TIL The asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs was powerful enough to send Earth rocks to Mars and even Europa. As a result, if we ever find life on those worlds it may actually have originated on our own planet.
lQaB TIL that when author, journalist, and LGBT activist Dan Savage began writing his advice column pertaining to homosexuality, he urged his editors to let him name it “Hey, Faggot!” so he could reclaim the hate word.
OG6y6 TIL only 17% of the global population lives in “fully developed” countries (HDI > 0.8)