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TIL goats scream just like humans (yes, exactly like in the Doritos super bowl commercial).

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n6N7 TIL in 1931 the Soviets attempted to battle illiteracy using erotic picture alphabet books.
yVG08 TIL that In 1315, King Louis X passed a decree that abolished slavery and proclaimed that "France signifies freedom". The decree entailed that any slave setting foot on French ground should be freed
69Wkm TIL that cartoon depictions of the sawfish having a sharp cutting snout are more reality than fantasy. While myths about cutting ship hulls are untrue, bad injuries result for boat crews. If caught the animal intentionally tries to cut humans. (More cool bio stuff sprinkled through rest of article.)
4yra TIL: It is believed that certain species of dragonflies have a round trip migration distance of 18, 000 km. This is the longest insect migration currently known.
Y7mBP TIL that the story of Popeye eating spinach due to a misplaced decimal point over reporting its iron content is a myth. The correct iron value was already well known and nowhere did Popeye mention eating spinach because of its iron content.