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TIL A Missouri Christian school's staff were charged with child abuse, in part, for punishing misbehaving children in pits of cow manure

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d8Drd In this week's Today I Learned, National Geographic photographer and conservation filmmaker Clay Bolt explains how a bumblebee's buzz could be considered a superpower—and one far more beneficial than any run-of-the-mill, comic book variety.
5D5r TIL that the first person to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge was a professional high diver who “wanted to demonstrate that people did not die by simply falling through the air”. He proved himself correct by falling 135 feet safely through the air, only dying when he hit the water.
Gw6g TIL in “Hey Jude” by The Beatles Paul McCartney messes up and says “fucking hell!” It’s audible in most versions.
KYly4 TIL A force of 180 soldiers with only 12 firearms among them met the emperor of the Incas in the middle of a square in the city of Cajamarca. They massacred his retinue of 9000, capturing the emperor, while his army of 80,000 veterans stationed right outside the walls fled in terror without a fight
oRJZ7 TIL There are 12 Common Wild Horse Breeds Around the World