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TIL that in German tramp stamps are called "ass antlers" aka Arschgeweih

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LkDBQ TIL "drooping ears" is a trait for domesticated animals that doesn't occur in the wild (except elephants). Almost all species gain the trait when domesticated. One experiment successfully domesticated foxes over 40 generations, and by then their ears were drooping.
EgKlX TIL that Lady Gaga's manager, without Gaga's input, denied Weird Al approval to release a parody of one of her songs on his 2011 album. After Weird Al released the song for free on YouTube, Lady Gaga heard the parody for the first time and allowed Weird Al to release it with the album.
l1yr TIL in 1969 a 13 year old Tanzanian schoolboy posed a question scientists still can’t answer
brg9 TIL there’s a water slide in Germany which is so intense, that women are banned from riding it
6ElYJ TIL that there is a McDonald’s located in an 19th century mansion in New York. McDonald’s originally planned to destroy the house, but historians protested and a compromise was made.