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

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yVbKv TIL Joe DiMaggio only played 13 full seasons but won 9 World Series. He played from 1936-1942, joined the Air Force for WWII, then played again from 1946-1951. The Yankees won the World Series in ‘36-‘39, ‘41, ‘47, ‘49-‘51.
pYn8O TIL of John Galvan, a wrongfully convicted man was released after 35yrs thanks to Mythbusters. He was forced to sign a confession to lighting a Molotov with a cigarette, killing two men. One day, in his cell, watching a rerun of Mythbusters, MB proved this to be impossible, and so he was freed.
vJXx TIL approximately one in every 2 Million lobsters has a genetic defect due to an increased protein they produce that causes them to be blue.
JY9X4 TIL that the Karamanid dynasty, a Muslim beylik (principality) that existed in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) from 1250-1487, used a blue Star of David on a white background for their flag
d8Mdj TIL when Microsoft started manufacturing the Xbox 360, 68% of them were defective right out of the line. The main processor of the console had an 84% defect rate out of the line.