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TIL In a major breakthrough in bovine linguistic research, experts have confirmed that cows moo with accents distinct to their herd.

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5gZQ TIL that in 1863, Jules Verne wrote “Paris in the 20th Century,” a manuscript which predicted everything from glass skyscrapers to feminism to a statistical rise in illegitimate births; his publisher advised him against publishing it as it “broke no new ground” and was “unbelievable”
NXXEM TIL some experts believe Stonehenge was designed to line up perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice (21st June) as a symbol of fertility. The outer 'male' stone casts a phallic shadow that penetrates the inner stone circle and hits the recumbent ‘female’ altar stone.
eW7b TIL: The word for stretching and yawning at the same time: pandiculation
ANKpx TIL in 2017, Morgan Spurlock of “Super Size Me” admitted to a history of alcohol abuse, which is now thought to better account for his various health symptoms originally attributed to McDonald’s food.
loDm1 TIL in 1929, researchers at Princeton University turned a living cat into a telephone.