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TIL: Farmers feed “cow magnets” to their cattle to protect them from “hardware disease” caused by swallowing nails and other metal objects

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Y7gJ7 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.
rpee TIL Daniel Balsam is a US man who got so infuriated with constant email spam that he quit his job, got a law degree and has so far earned over 1 million USD in court judgements against the spammers.
GAwL4 TIL the existence of the term "scromiting" : the act of screaming while vomiting, linked to the cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Since there is an intense abdominal pain, the person screams while he/she vomits.
46VJ TIL after Nat King Cole moved to an affluent L.A. neighborhood a burning cross was left in his yard. Afterwards, his homeowners association told him they didn’t want undesirables moving in. Cole retorted, “Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I’ll be the first to complain.”
woE0o TIL some zoos give out "Gorrila Glasses" to visitors to prevent Gorrilas from getting aggressive due to prolonged eye contact