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TIL that male horses are often "fixed" to make them less aggressive and easier to control, then they are called a "gelding"

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1a98P TIL Christopher Columbus hanged, burned, or cut the hands off of hundreds of thousands of Caribbean natives for their failure to bring him a bell full of gold on an island with little to no gold. Thousands committed suicide to avoid his punishments.
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