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TIL that a small herd of cows in Germany were trained to use special toilets in an effort to curb pollution

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x9Z7 TIL that Arthur Shawcross, a man who raped and killed 2 children, was sentenced to 25 years in prison but was paroled early because it was concluded that he was “no longer dangerous”. Eleven months after being released he started killing again, murdering 12 women before being captured.
VBKGB TIL about the self-propelled barge T-36, which drifted 49 days across the North Pacific Ocean in 1960 after being disabled, with all sailors on board surviving the journey by rationing three days' supply of food. Returning to the Soviet Union, the crew had popularity close to that of cosmonauts.
xVAEg TIL, of Prader-Willi Syndrome. Those affected can never feel full and if let unattended would literally eat until their belly's burst. Sufferers are also afflicted with diminished mental capacity so they can't understand the dangers involved.
ADL8l TIL that dumb people believe themselves to be above average in terms of intelligence due to the Dunning Krueger Effect, which explains that the less someone knows of a topic, the more confident they will feel in the subject due to them not knowing the true size or complexity of the topic.
ZrAB TIL The word “soccer” originated as a slang abbreviation of “association,” which is short for “Association Football”.