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TIL Horses are the only mammals other than humans that can produce large amounts of sweat. Most of it is produced in their armpits

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0wrZj TIL that, in 1913, a Nebraska man took a butcher knife and threatened to kill his wife and newborn son. The mother left him, remarried, and had the boy's name changed to that of his step-father. The boy, now known as Gerald Ford, later went on to become the 38th President of the United States.
QJNjM TIL that a chicken tender is an actual cut of meat not just the breast.
yQJDp TIL Princess Elisabeth of Hesse was royal in England, Russia and Germany. She and her husband were murdered by Russian Revolutionaries. Her body was buried in Russia, then moved to Beijing, China and is now buried in a Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.
4kNyo TIL Japan has over 3000 businesses that have been operating for over 200 years
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