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TIL that a cow can be tricked into nursing a calf not her own by skinning her dead baby and putting the skin on another calf. The practice is called "grafting".

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OMYL TIL that in Japan, trains are so punctual that any delay over 5 minutes usually incurs an apology over the tanoy and a “delay certificate” for passengers on their way to work. When trains are delayed for an hour or more, it may even make the news.
Eg1G7 TIL that the oil-producing cartel OPEC hasn't really had any power to set oil prices since the 1980s. OPEC members regularly cheat on their production quotas and mostly only commit to what they were going to do anyway, in the absence of OPEC.
JJ4Q TIL that there is a 2,600-foot covered escalator in Hong Kong to help people commute up and down the large hills in the city.
jNnBX TIL about Amanirenas, the one-eyed warrior queen of Kush, who captured a series of Roman forts, brought home the head of a statue of Augustus as a trophy, then later negotiated peace with him.
xBQ0 TIL in 1991 a billionaire in Alabama had a bunch of life sized dinosaurs built and placed randomly in a 10,000 acre wooded area around his home.