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TIL goats' pupils are horizontal so that when when they bend their heads down to graze, their eyes stay level with the horizon, allowing them a better view of encroaching danger.

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R7YRw TIL that New Zealand has an official Wizard. He was initially threatened with arrest because of his antics, but after being named a living work of art and performing a successful rain dance during a drought, the PM named him The official Wizard of NZ, Antarctica, and relevant offshore areas.
nekrY TIL that the fleshy protuberance on the forehead of turkeys is called a snood. While fighting, commercial turkeys often peck at the snood. This often leads to further injuries and sometimes cannibalism. To prevent this, some farmers cut off the snood, a process known as desnooding.
DLbV TIL that the genre of music played in the Mos Eisley Cantina of the Star Wars universe is know as jizz
5YLdk TIL of a parasitic fungus that turns ants into 'zombies'
Vaxp TIL On APOLLO mission 14, Alan Shepard smuggled in a custom made 6 iron golf club head which attached to a rock collector, and proceeded to hit 2 gold balls on the lunar surface.