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TIL that an Australian dog named “Bob the Railway Dog” would jump from train to train, even whilst they were both moving, and traveled as he wished using the South Australian Railways.

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b9YL7 TIL there is a functional link between syphilis and the popularity of codpieces in the 1500s. Syphilis showed up in Europe in 1494 shortly after Columbus returned and codpieces appeared around 1500. The codpiece protected the penis, held medicinal ointments and protected stylish clothing.
OOYY TIL That the man responsible for leaded petrol, Tomas Midgley Jr, “had more impact on the environment than any other single organism in Earth’s history”
0wQRy TIL to record internal audio in Windows
jJmM TIL Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell
1aVNP TIL Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for ‘Rocky’ by hand in 3.5 days. It was shot in 28 days, which Stallone compared to “the gestation time of a waterbug.”