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TIL sheep shearing is not animal cruelty. If sheep are not sheared they can experience a lot of health problems. There was a sheep in Australia that was found unsheared for six years, five time the wool of normal sheep, with damaged hooves and skin infections from urine trapped under his wool.

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RJ17 TIL a 93-YEAR-OLD Japanese man has been officially recognised as the only person to have survived two nuclear bombs.
NX6OE TIL Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, credited as the father of the atom bomb, was born on April 22, aka as Earth Day
m1d5O TIL about Art Ackerman, who at age of 98, is currently the oldest person in the world with a weekly radio show. The show fatures mostly old big band music and broadcasts on KDNK in Carbondale, Colorado.
60Wl TIL that, at over 400 years old, Zildjian - the cymbal manufacturer - is one of the oldest companies in existence.
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