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TIL to flush a horses tear duct in their eyes, the vet syringe the solution through their nostril, not their eyeball.

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kJWXE TIL that Wilma Flintstone was the first animated character to be depicted as being pregnant
ADExd TIL Tchaikovsky had a patron who gave him enough money to quit his job and become a full-time composer, on the condition that they never meet in person.
OoAeX TIL that from 1897 until 1996 the federal government had a board of tea testers whose job was to make sure that imported tea was good enough to be sold in the US.
85jb TIL that Leonardo da Vinci was very strong, and could bend a horseshoe as if it was made of lead
R5L6 TIL A tidal wave hit Hawaii on April 1, 1946. Many ignored the tidal warnings, thinking them an April Fools Prank. The disaster killed 159 people and caused $26 million in damages.