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TIL people used to carve turnips for Halloween, not pumpkins

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0dyvN TIL in 2011 a tiger at a Turkish zoo snuck its front paw through a narrow gap in a door and proceeded to kill the lion that resided in the adjacent cage by severing the lion's jugular vein with a single swipe of its paw.
j61kv TIL In certain situations (the conditions of which are still up for debate) warm water has been observed to freeze faster than cold water, as the result of what is known as the Mpemba effect. These observations go far back enough to be traced to claims by ancient philosopher Aristotle.
oBgoK TIL that a man sporting 140 lbs.testicles was unhappy with his removal surgery after the operation resulted in a 1 inch penis
m1w7E Today I learned that in many states, it’s actually illegal for minors to buy non-alcoholic beer. I discovered this firsthand when I was carded at a self-checkout while purchasing some non-alcoholic beer today.
B4Zd TIL Ghost Busters Dan Aykroyd is slightly autistic. His obsession with the police and ghost hunters was the inspiration for Ghost Busters. He was diagnosed with autism back in the 1980s when his wife asked him to get it checked out. He also had Tourette’s as a kid, but overcame it with therapy.