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TIL That a horse's horsepower exceeds 1 horsepower.

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gkV4 TIL of Dora Ratjen of Nazi Germany who competed as a woman in the olympics and broke women’s world records; but was arrested for fraud when he was turned out to be a man named Hermann, with all his rewards taken back and given to the women he beat
GAVK4 TIL that Rose's hometown from the Golden Girls, St. Olaf, is a real place, named after Norwegian king Olaf II. It's not as weird as she made it out to be, though.
GAn0g TIL DecTalk, the text-to-speech software that Stephen Hawking used, is notoriously difficult to get legally since it has been discontinued. This is part of the reason for Moonbase Alpha's (2012) popularity, since it utilizes a modified version of the software.
Oo9n1 TIL Parents who give their children bleach enemas to cure autism have shared photos of "rope worms" expelled from their children, claiming they are parasites killed by the concoction. They are actually intestinal lining.
P1rxg TIL that Samuel Johnson once advised against mocking the seemingly useless inventions of the guy who rollerskated into a mirror whilst playing the violin, explaining that scientific and engineering principles were just as valid even when applied to "trifles".