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TIL that since Icelandic horses are not immune to the same diseases that the European horses are, once an Icelandic horse leaves the island it may never return.

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dQ1Q TIL the record for the longest throw of an object without any velocity-aiding feature was a non-returning boomerang thrown 427.2 m (1,401.5 ft)
NpYP TIL: Blacks and Latinos accounted for 100 percent of LAPD dog bite victims in 2013.
awNn9 TIL Billionaire Howard Hughes was badly injured in a plane crash in 1946. Unsatisfied with his hospital bed, Hughes had a team of engineers design a custom bed comprised of six sections, operated by 30 electric motors with push-button adjustments- this became a prototype for the modern hospital bed.
5jlD TIL that former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once issued a veto letter with a hidden message (F*CK YOU). When asked by a newspaper if the message was intentional, Schwarzenegger’s spokesman said only, “what a strange coincidence.” The paper noted that he was “clearly being sarcastic.”
4lN5 TIL UK scientists discovered 3 new species of mushroom after buying dried porcini mushrooms from a local grocery store and testing them.