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TIL that Cornell University has its own dairy farm with over 900 cows.

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7roEb TIL an Italian doctor made up a fake infectious disease, Syndrome K, to hide Jewish people fleeing from the Nazis in his Rome hospital
vRRx TIL: The largest known impact crater in the USA is under the Chesapeake Bay
v1wlx TIL Benjamin Franklin attempted to predict the death of his competitor, Titan Leeds. When Leeds was still alive he posted an obituary anyways. When Leeds challenged it, Franklin insisted he was an imposter. When Leeds died in 1738 Franklin publicly commended the impostors for ending their charade
9YB8M TIL that in Mongolia, scientists discovered a fossil of a prehistoric creature known as a "Murder Swan," which had a bill with teeth, claws on its feet and additional claws on flipper-like arms.
kOA07 TIL the world record for the loudest thing ever shouted belongs to an Irish female teacher who shouted the word “quiet” at 121 decibels, the equivalent of a jet engine.