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TIL: Horses only have one toe on each foot

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XE8j6 TIL that in 2019, an Australian pig stole beer cans, became drunk, then started a fight with a cow
a8rJL TIL that US zip codes as we know it only started in the 60s
KWyw TIL In 1977 a Chinese woman with no medical degree anonymously found a malaria cure. 38 years later, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
XEYAQ TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.
E59p TIL 7% of the population triggers a sneeze reflex when staring at a bright light such as the sun or a strong lightbulb. 94% of people with this reflex are caucasian