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TIL Cows lick each other on the face and neck to say hello.

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wQZ6 TIL During the “Red Terror” of 1918, Communist secret police in Orel “poured water on naked prisoners bound in the winter streets until they became living ice statues.” In Ukraine, they “rolled people around in barrels studded internally with nails.” Upwards of 1 million people died.
epeMg TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
VMgO0 TIL President Harry S. Truman was so poor after his presidency that Congress had to enact a law to give him a pension. President Herbert Hoover the only other living ex-president took the pension as well, despite his wealth, to avoid embarrassing Truman.
VMMkp TIL a 1974 contract dispute resulted in a band touring under the name Fleetwood Mac which contained none of the five classic lineup members
7rxmb TIL the idea for the ATM cash machine came about when its inventor, John Shepherd-Barron, took a bath after his bank branch had closed for the day and was inspired by chocolate bar vending machines