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TIL a duck will pretend it is injured to distract a hyena and save her kids

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E1547 TIL that the nautical terms for either side of a ship, Port and Starboard, were changed to the current terms due to the confusion caused by the old term for the left side. The terms used to be Larboard and Starboard.
OoWZe TIL that many clock faces that use Roman numerals show "4" as IIII instead of IV.
GA9xJ TIL fertile women emit pheromones that cause men to drink more alcohol
P14Ow TIL of Drapetomania, a falsely proposed mental illness based on the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape
lon7A TIL Fedex nearly went bankrupt in its early days - its founder took the company's last $5000 to Las Vegas and won enough money through blackjack to cover their $24000 fuel bill.