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TIL that, when Ronald Reagan vetoed the 1987 Civil Rights Restoration Act, Congress overrode the Presidential veto by 73-24 in the Senate and 292-133 in the House.

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W7JlA TIL that male ducks grow new penises each year during the mating season. Their penis size is influenced by social environment. In research studies, the ducks housed in co-ed environment grew longer penises than those housed in pairs, likely because the ducks in groups were competing for mates.
698LZ TIL about Tarrare, a French spy and Performer who had such an appetite he would eat live cats and puppies, cadavers from morgues and was even suspected of kidnapping and eating a baby. He would also eat from heaps of dung in the street and as a spy, the entire army's rations.
MeE10 TIL about Zhang Yongming, a serial killer in China. After killing some of his eleven victims he butchered them and sold their flesh at markets calling it "Ostrich meat."
Gn54 TIL that pi can be (roughly) calculated by throwing hot dogs.