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TIL of the Flying Fathers, a Canadian ice hockey team made up of priests with a horse as a backup goalie

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x66j7 TIL There is more fresh water floating around in the atmosphere than in all the rivers of Earth combined.
oB9nr TIL The parasite Toxoplasma Gondii can live in rats but can only reproduce in cats so it manipulates the rats into wanting to mate with the cats. The cat eats the rat allowing Toxo to reproduce in the cat.
7rrAO TIL of Colonel Charles Young, the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the US Army. After being denied promotion to brigadier general under the guise of fitness, he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to disprove rumors of his poor health.
p8Mye TIL If you have an IGA near you and have noticed how localized or regional the offerings are its becasue they're not a chain store like most other grocers. All IGAs are independently owned and run solely by their independent owner.. There are locations in 30 different countries!
8M84 TIL that in 2005, Iraqi terrorists held an action figure hostage and tried to claim that it was a U.S. Soldier.