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TIL: A convincing study shows that business leaders and serial killers share a mindset

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EBv0 TIL of Jack the Goat who decided to befriend a newly blinded horse named Charlie. Jack guided Charlie around for 16 years and spared Charlie’s owners from having to put him(Charlie) down.
oRlGW TIL that the plastic cover on an emergency switch on devices is called a Molly-guard because the inventor's daughter (Molly) kept pushing the button.
9YZ7D TIL on April 1st, 1993 a San Diego Radio station reported that the space shuttle Discovery had to make an emergency landing at the local airport at 8:30 am. Over 1000 people headed for the landing site to catch a glimpse, crowding the airport and causing traffic jams. It was an April Fools hoax.
4Ea TIL NASA will pay you $15000 to sit in bed for 60 days (87 days of testing total), while they measure the effects of zero gravity on your body.
m1lyY TIL Ancient Egyptians would put dead mice in their mouth with the hopes it would cure a toothache.