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TIL that when a horse becomes pregnant with twins, the standard practice is to abort one by a vet crushing the embryo.

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XwWQ TIL ‘The Earth Pyramid Project’, is a project that plans to erect a pyramid in an as-yet-undecided location. It will hold contributions from every government, indigenous peoples, and all the world’s children in chambers within the structure. Then the Pyramid will be sealed for 1000 years.
Y7lr TIL that in 1870 Gilbert Bates marched 400 miles through England carrying the American flag to prove that the English did not hate Americans. He was honored as a hero.
NXYo8 TIL in 1953 US and Britain instigated a coup d'état in Iran which began a period of dissolution for Iranian democracy and society. This eventually led to the Iranian revolution and the creation of an Islamic Republic.
GAoM1 TIL there were square halos. These were used in donor portraits, a depiction of the person who commissioned the artwork placed among saints, to mark the contemporary donor.
oxr7 TIL the ratio in length between the middle:pointer finger can be used to determine how much testosterone you were exposed to in the womb