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Today I learned that guard donkeys are used to protect livestock and can even kill predators like coyotes

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nWV6Y TIL that heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath have played with some of the most iconic vocalists in rock history, including Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Rainbow), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest).
1aP6W TIL The man who took the first up close photo of a snowflake, Wilson A. Bentley in 1885, also started the concept "No two snowflakes are alike". In his lifetime, he took over 5k photos of snowflakes.
JrGk TIL two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, a task force rescued around 1400 frozen embryos stranded in a hospital without power. The embryos were considered to be people under Louisiana law.
b99WQ TIL, there are catholic writings going back over 100 years, where they freely admit that the RCC had no biblical authority to change the sabbath from saturday to sunday.
Z88rB TIL that a Roman soldier once farted, causing a riot that lead to the deaths of ten thousand people.