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TIL Nurhaci attacked China's Ming Dynasty, Korea's Joseon Dynasty, and his conquest of northeast China laid the groundwork for the conquest of China by the Qing Dynasty. He is also credited with ordering the creation of a written script for the Manchu language

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gMBMW TIL that there exist an old japanese Scroll, the He-Gassen, that was created during the Edo period. He-Gassen means Farting competitions.
JY0v1 TIL: Different horse breeds have different gaits, that relate to breed specific mutations in the DMRT3 gene. This gene controls the spinal neurological circuits related to limb movement. eg: Icelandic horse breeds can perform a four-beat lateral ambling gait known as a tölt.
pYP9N TIL of Ezzard Charles who is the only boxer to have lasted the full 15 rounds against Rocky Marciano. Charles who had killed an opponent earlier in his career, would also give Marciano trouble in their rematch and split Rocky’s nose in half, before Rocky managed to KO Charles at the last minute.
6XbY TIL the Lamborghini Aventador was named after a 1118 pound Spanish fighting bull who was slain buy Matador Emilio Muñoz in 1993. He was given one of the bulls ears as a trophy.
jNxBX TIL the reason that men’s testicles are not internal organs like female ovaries is because sperm cannot survive at our internal body temperature. They require a lower temperature which is why they hang down, but also why the scrotum shrivels up when it is too cold.