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TIL that upon the death of the greatest racehorse of all time, Secretariat, scientists discovered the horse had a heart twice the size of the average horses.

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4X0x5 TIL The same person who patented the flight "blackbox" recorder also patented the automatic retractable car safety belt.
LWWQ TIL that when Koko, the gorilla famous for knowing sign language, was asked where gorillas go after death, she responded by signing “Comfortable hole, bye.”
Bra8D TIL that Deinosuchus was a massive ancestor of the crocodile, measuring around 10 to 12 meters long. By studying teeth marks on other fossils, paleontologists have concluded the Deinosuchus killed and ate some of the most fearsome dinosaurs of its era, including the T-Rex.
Z8j9R TIL in 2009 Canada passed the Apology Act, which declared an apology is not an admission of fault and cannot be used as evidence.
wlNo TIL a geneticist at Utah State University has created “spider-goats.” He took the gene that encodes dragline silk from an orb-weaver spider and placed it among the DNA that prompts milk production in a goat’s udders. The silk produced is stronger than Kevlar and is suitable for ligament repairs.