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TIL that in 1933, Dr. W. Franklin Dove, a biologist, created a “unicorn bull.” It became leader of the herd, but was also “unusually gentle and mild mannered.”

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wreE TIL China’s subway beggars have designed a system that governs which turf they get to work. Greenhand beggars who intrude on lines reserved for the disabled or elderly get a beating.
VGJp TIL that when former president Teddy Roosevelt died in his sleep in 1919, Thomas R. Marshall, the sitting vice-president, said “Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.”
4Y5w TIL that due to popular misconceptions, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps a webpage explaining “Why don’t we try to destroy tropical cyclones by nuking them”
GEdg TIL 80% of the SR-71 Blackbird’s thrust at Mach 3.2 was generated from its ability to harness energy from the shock waves it created, thanks to special retractable spikes in front of its inlets. Its engines generated the other 20% of thrust.
AN94a TIL that there was a man who survived the towers collapsing on 9/11, then after walking aimlessly through the city had a chance encounter with the entire cast of Everybody loves Raymond who then housed, fed, and clothed him until he could return home safely to Staten Island the next morning .