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TIL there is such a thing as a “Therapy Goat” that visits old folks homes to cheer them up!

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OGjER TIL that the left breast gets cancer more often than the right one.
b60g7 TIL about the Oklo Mine, site of the only known naturally occurring nuclear reactor on Earth.
78NpO TIL Benedict IX is the only person to have been Pope more than once. He was forced out, managed to regain the throne, only to resign because he wanted to marry his cousin. He soon changed his mind and became Pope for the third time. He is the youngest Pope in history (aged 20 when first elected)
4LD6 TIL Franklin W. Dixon, author of The Hardy Boys, DOESN’T EXIST. It’s just a nom de plume given to various ghostwriters.
4kAbg TIL that the Asian tiger snake is the only snake species that is both venomous and poisonous. Not only does it produce toxin for its bite, but it also stores poison it obtains from its toad prey in its skin