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TIL about the "male idiot theory", where men are more likely to engage in risky behaviour without any apparent payoff.

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gDBb TIL of guard llamas. Guard llamas are used in the protection of livestock like sheep and goats. They may make an alarm call that sound like a rusty hinge, or herd their charges into a tight group. They have been know to kill coyotes and other predators.
j67ME TIL In a lifetime, the average American spends approximately 38.5 total days just brushing their teeth.
MD4b TIL there was a famous racehorse called Potoooooooo (or Pot-8-O) who acquired the strange spelling of his name, Potatoes, when a stable lad was asked to write it on a feed bin. The lad’s version, Potoooooooo, was said to amuse his lordship so he kept it
MbNW TIL in 2011, the entire country of Armenia lost internet access for 12 hours after a woman in Georgia broke a fiber line with her shovel.
yJ5w TIL Spook Busters is a 1946 comedy film about a group of recent graduates who set up a company to exterminate ghosts in New York