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TIL that pope Alexander VI liked to watch horses copulate. Which would make him “laugh fit to bust.

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N7Y66 TIL Carl Hagenbeck was German animal supplier for zoos. He would go on to create "human zoos" where he would show off indigenous people living among animals in exhibits for guests to watch.
rNRM1 TIL of sacrificial anodes. They are normally Zinc blocks that are attached to a ships hull. They have a more anodic, i.e. less noble, potential than steel when immersed in sea water, so they corrode away instead of the ships hull it is attached to. Once worn they can then be replaced.
DVEg TIL A nurse was in vegetative state for 42 years after sexual assault while the perpetrator was out of prison in 14 years. She recently died.
mxr9v TIL who Jody is in military cadence calls. Jody, is the imaginary character blamed for all the things that might go wrong back home while a soldier is deployed, such as losing one’s girlfriend or car.
R7a96 TIL Renowned Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan is sceptical of the mental-health establishment and pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of incorrectly classifying millions as mentally ill out of self-interest and greed