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TIL the cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, with over 40 in English alone.

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rwPw TIL Hugh Jackman gets bodybilding advice from The Rock, and The Rock refers to Jackman as ‘Wolverine.’
LkedP TIL Robert Moses at one point held 12 titles simultaneously (including New York City Parks Commissioner and Chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission). However he only held these positions as an appointee. When he ran for governor of New York as a Republican in 1934 he lost in a landslide.
p8RyZ TIL reading while pooping has been common throughout history. Ancient Roman bathhouses often contained libraries with scrolls for reading.
kOr41 TIL the reason cows are considered too sacred to eat in India is because historically a cow was more valuable there as a source of milk, labor, and dung than it could ever be as meat, so it'd be dumb to eat them. Over time this turned into a cultural taboo.
rgb4 TIL: Scientists Have Discovered Sharks That Live in a Volcano