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TIL that the guard goose is a domestic goose that is used as a guard animal both on farms and in other situations.

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PYXaJ TIL that Cleatus, fox sports robotic football mascot, original concept art was drawn by then Executive VP Gary Hartley’s son, who at the time was 7
VMPyB TIL: on tour in 1974 Frank Sinatra referred to Australian female journalists as buck & a half hookers, the resulting public outrage saw the unions black ban him. The tour resumed after future Prime Minister Bob Hawke brokered a deal over a bottle of brandy & Sinatra issued a "statement of regret"
kOJVm TIL Africville was a black community in Halifax dating from 1840s but razed in the mid-1960s and its 400 residents were relocated as part of a redevelopment plan. Moving Africvillers into the city was seen by the government as a way to integrate them and meet their needs
VBYOk TIL Broccolini was developed in the 1990’s
NXbM1 TIL that you can contract Leprosy from armadillos