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TIL A sheep in New Zealand managed to avoid sheering for six years by hiding in caves

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bmyE TIL that Katherine Hepburn [b.1907-d.2003], 12 time Academy Award nominated actress was an atheist saying once in an interview: “I am an atheist and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.”
Lkep0 TIL of Shabani, a gorilla at a Japanese zoo considered so handsome that he became an internet sensation in 2015 when women began flocking to the zoo to gaze at him. They vied to get his attention and took photographs which they shared on social media.
rwMy TIL that sling bullets from the siege of Perusia (41 BC) have been found with phrases on them such as “catch”, “take this”, and “For Pompey’s backside”
YpkNW TIL that the moon has "moon-quakes" and because the moon has a smaller core than earth, this causes it to ring like a bell
6p4w TIl that due to the Earth rotational bulge, the highest point on Earth is not Mt. Everest, but Chimborazo, Ecuador