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TIL that elephants have breasts just like humans

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Oowm7 TIL That a portion of Carrie Fisher's cremated remains were placed inside of her most prized posessions, a giant antique Porcelain Prozac pill. Her mother also passed away a mere day later from a stroke.
wLMP1 TIL that the only woman to ever give the Oath of Office to a US president is federal judge Sarah Hughes, who swore in LBJ the day JFK was shot. Hughes was a Kennedy appointee
yQgvX TIL about Giovanni de Ventura, a municipal plague doctor for the town of Pavia in late XV century Italy. He wasn't to require fees from treating patients, as the city of Pavia provided generously for him in terms of salary. He may also have donned the "beak doctor" attire.
aBob TIL: Dian Fossey, American Primatologist murdered in Rwanda, left all her money (including movie profits from “Gorillas in the Mist”) to the Digit Fund to finance anti-poaching patrols, but her mother challenged the will and was successful.
4XJKg TIL: Today (august 1) is every horse in the southern hemisphere's birthday. Happy birthday horse!