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TIL Mongolia has about 4 million horses, 3.4 million people, and south asia+southeast asia have about 2 million horses, 2.5 billion people.

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XEPGr TIL that founding member, and drummer of Avenged Sevenfold, James "The Rev" Sullivan wrote a song titled "Death" then said "That's it, that's the last song for this record." just 3 days before passing away on Dec, 28th 2009.
b6ZAj TIL Idaho is the only state that expressly bans cannibalism.
X0war TIL the earliest known toy trains were made in the 1850s and powered by alcohol fires and real steam. They had the tendency to start house fires due to their fuel leaking and igniting when the toy fell over. Earlier models had no safety valves and would explode due to excess boiler pressure.
R7YAa TIL: There is a Japanese cafe is staffed by robot waiters controlled remotely by paralysed people.
vPymK TIL about the Straw Hat Riot of 1922 in NYC due to taunting people who had failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began