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TIL getting a boner when climbing Everest is common thanks to the change in pressure

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e0Mwn TIL that stray cows in Uttar Pradesh, India, are barcoded to help keep track of their location and use unoccupied government buildings to give them shelter.
BgQZW TIL That more creative people report greater trauma in their childhood.
VB5rG TIL that Andrew Carnegie funded an organization to simplify spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevelt began using the reformed spelling in his official communications and tried to get the federal government to follow suit, but Congress unanimously voted to stop him.
wojAY TIL In 1998, Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung sent 1001 cattle as a symbol of positive progress from South Korea to North Korea as humanitarian aid during a famine to promote peace and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. Sadly, many of them didn't survive the first winter season.
NXxWP TIL Not only is the doomsday clock still used 77 years after it's inception, but it's been at 90 seconds to midnight since 2023 and kept there for 2024