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TIL the Texas Longhorns of 1920 fattened up, cooked and served their mascot at a football banquet, due to not having the money to take care of him

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Br7Nd TIl there is a bank in northen Italy that still accepts parmesan cheese as collatarel for loans, they have a inventory with over 17,000 tons of parmesan, valued over $200 million. Their vaults has been robbed 3 times. The name is Bank Credito Emiliano.
Davg TIL there’s a 16-foot-long, 3500 pound, female Great White shark named Mary Lee being tracked while she swims up and down the East coast.
MeAbm TIL SMAP The Soil Moisture Active Passive Satellite measures soil moisture levels on earth and can predict droughts, monitor floods and predict crop yields for a given year. It can measure all the soil on earth every 2-3 days.
JxQ4 TIL the Japanese have a word (Kenjataimu 賢者タイム) which means the “period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly.”
9YwkD TIL a "handsome" gorilla named Shabani is famous in Japan for his good looks