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TIL one French farmer commits suicide every two days

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x6O7o TIL of Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", an African woman from the Khoikhoi tribe who was brought to Regency-era London to showcase her large buttocks. She was depicted in cartoons comparing behinds with Whig politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who was nicknamed "broad bottom".
pY1XQ TIL a pigeon named Cher Ami became a war hero in WWI by flying 25 miles to deliver a life-saving message, despite being shot, blinded in one eye, and flying with one leg barely attached she saved 194 soldiers and was awarded a medal, buried with honors, and now rests in the Smithsonian.
NXe7N TIL that John Parr's hit song St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) is only vaguely about the movie, but is specifically about (and directly inspired by) Canadian athlete Rick Hansen. Hansen was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness of spinal cord injuries at the time.
pYmwA TIL that we can reduce land use associated with cattle production by 92% (1.2 ha/tonne down from 14.2 ha/tonne) by raising them in silvopasture, an ancient practice in which cattle are raised on the same land as perennial tree crops.
16Xnd TIL the Black Eyed Peas started out as a WAY cooler band…until industry execs ruined it