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TIL cows and humans have very similar reproductive systems.

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e0k7E TIL in Texas, the law states two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through verbal or implied communication and have at it. As long as no “serious” injury occurs and both participants know what degree of risk they are hazarding, it's allowed.
yV5WM TIL there is a town called Bat Cave, North Carolina which is named after the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America, and predates the creation of Batman
D1Wyv TIL Of the bizarre "Huron King" nuclear test, which involved detonating an underground nuke, exposing a satellite in a special test chamber to radiation. The chamber was then dragged to safety before it fell in the crater
a8WPZ TIL that sibling actors John and Joan Cusack have appeared in 10 movies together: Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything, (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock. Their sister Ann also appeared in Grosse Pointe Blank.
kJW8W TIL about the siege of Numantia in 143 BCE. The Romans surrounded an Iberian city. The citizens chose to commit collective suicide rather than become Roman slaves.