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TIL That ancient egyptian gods Horus and Set battled it out for dominion over egypt by trying to force the other to consume his semen

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D1JBg TIL Ben from Ben & Jerry's suffers from anosmia, meaning he has almost no sense of smell/taste. This is why so many flavors feature chunks as he would add larger and larger pieces to the ice cream to satisfy his need for texture in food
1g4r TIL portable traffic barriers are moved between lanes using a vehicle called a ‘Zipper Truck’
JKw4 TIL dogs have a bacteria on their paws that make them smell like corn chips, which is commonly referred to as “Frito Feet.”
Ev0P TIL that at night, Disneyland has several feral cats living on the park that they use to catch rats and mice on the park grounds. Disney now treats them like pets, by spaying and neutering them, giving them shots, and having feeding stations set up for them.
XEXbj TIL da Vinci was given a vineyard as payment for making The Last Supper, which was bombed in WW2, and the DNA of those vines is being used to recreate the wines he had