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TIL that South Korea holds all the Olympics records for Women’s archery and 5/7 of the records for Men’s

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a8wQ9 TIL butterflies like to "mud puddle" where they basically extract and eat the salts find in mud, blood, feces and dead animals, because it's extremely nutritious for them.
Lkp9Q TIL that In order to supply water to the parks of the Palace of Versailles, Louis XIV ordered the construction of the machine Marly to pump water from the Seine located 10 km from the castle with a drop of 150 meters. This machine, considered one of the most complex of its time worked for 133 years
166oW TIL The Jeremy Kyle Show, a popular UK talk show, was cancelled in 2019 after a guest died of a suspected suicide seven days after he failed a lie detector test on the show. He was taking part in the show in an attempt to prove he had not cheated on his fiancee.
MQ9a TIL there is a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome called Camp Twitch and Shout
b9Nd0 TIL hay and straw are two totally different things. Hay is made up of legumes and used to feed livestock. Straw is a waste product of wheat and good bedding for animals.