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TIL beef cattle are fed chicken poop because it's a good source of protein

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694gX TIL that the literacy rate in Massachusetts was higher in colonial times than it is today.
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4Xlna TIL about Mwamaka Sharifu, a Kenyan girl (now woman) who claimed she's a descendant of Chinese sailors from the 15th century Zheng He expedition , and was given a scholarship by the Chinese government