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TIL that July 17 is National Yellow Pig Day, which is a celebration of the number 17, but also involves a yellow pig with 17 eyelashes, toes, teeth, etc.

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gXBX TIL that in 1999, an aide to the Mayor of Washington DC was fired for using the word “niggardly”, a word that has nothing to do with the n-word
6r8Q TIL that red light cameras are linked to more accidents at intersections because people stop abruptly to avoid the ticket which causes more rear-end collisions
XEXr8 TIL Pablo Escobar, The Cocaine Kingpin, said that one of his first illegal enterprises was robbing tombstones from local graveyards, sanding down the names, and selling them to Panamanian smugglers.
D1aKP TIL that in 1984, an 18 year old patient named Libby Zion died in a hospital as a result of the resident and intern physicians being too overworked and exhausted to do their jobs properly. This led to the Libby Zion law, which limits resident physicians to an 80 hour work week.
kJV6E TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent drifting apart. This behavior is called "rafting" and helps keep them safe in the ocean currents.