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TIL Goat is the most consumed meat on earth

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ax10 TIL Tiger Woods, despite being worth $500 million dollars, once pulled a “mulligan” by taking back a $5 tip to a waitress after realizing he had tipped her earlier in the day. By the way, he was playing a $10,000 hand of blackjack at the time.
1aw14 TIL Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz, had a guest appearance on Sesame Street which scared so many children it was never aired again.
w6eM TIL the Confederate Battle Flag was first flown above the South Carolina State House in 1962 in defiance of the Civil Rights Movement
1eeV TIL that a dog in Elkmont, Alabama joined a half-marathon race in town after leaving its own backyard and wandering to the starting line, finishing with a time which would have placed her 7th
YorP TIL The Stethoscope was invented because French physician Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec felt uncomfortable placing his face on a woman’s breasts to listen to her heartbeat