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TIL that blind people can get a miniature guide horse if they don’t want a guide dog or are allergic to dogs.

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XEgAP TIL about Pals Battalions. British army units consisting of men from the same town or profession during the First World War. They were created as a way to boost morale. They did not take into account that almost the entire male population of a town would be wiped out in a single battle.
N9dN TIL that in Ancient Greece, they used pottery shards to wipe their ass after a dump. Sometimes these pottery fragments would be inscribed with the name of an enemy before being used.
pYWxO TIL Alpacas Need To Be Shorn Once A Year And It’s Very Satisfying To Watch!
woJlJ TIL a Babylonian dream prophecy from 2700 BC, "If he carries beer in the street his heart will be glad."
P4JE TIL that in 2005, women from one of the poorest slums in Uganda spent two weeks breaking rocks to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The women, most of whom were displaced by civil war and who earned less than a dollar a day, contributed over $1,000 to the Katrina relief effort.