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TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong

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9YpeD TIL the Indian government commissioned a 2-hour Bollywood feature film called "Toilet", designed to help eradicate the practice of public defecation.
pYAwO TIL that in Australia, horses were statistically responsible for more deaths (with 74 deaths directly attributable to them) between 2000 and 2013 than stinging insects or snakes. Over this period, no deaths were attributed to spiders.
oRMr TIL scientist are making glass shells to see how Hermit crabs fit
EgOYw TIL The last ship sunk by an Iceberg with loss of life was the MS Hans Hedtoft in 1959 during the return leg of her maiden voyage. She sank in 4 hours with the loss of all 95 people aboard.
ADLNa TIL that Anne Dudek's character on Friends and HIMYM shared the same fate: broken up by the guy she dated on her birthday