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TIL Italy was never a province of the Roman Empire, it instead had the special administrative status of "Domina provinciarum" meaning "ruler of the provinces"

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RAKl TIL that horses cannot vomit due to the angle their esophagus enters their stomach and the muscle tone of their esophago-gastric junction. If a horse does vomit it means that they are close to death
dDDw8 TIL that in 2013 snipers opened fire on the Metcalf Power Substation in San Jose, California. In just under 10 minutes, they disabled 17 transformers and caused $15m in damages. The attackers are still unknown and the motive is still unknown.
wLkGY TIL Yellowstone National Park suffered 50+ years of ecological damage due to eradication of the Gray Wolf. After re-introduction, the environment is slowly stabilizing.
4XWj5 TIL The first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon (Apollo 11) had an on board guidance computer with only 4kB of RAM (32,768 bits) and 72kB (589,824 bits) of ROM.
VM5Zm TIL former NHL goalie Gilles Gratton believed he was an executioner who stoned people to death in a past life and was fated to be a goalie as punishment.