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TIL social etiquette in horse herds includes standing face to ass to brush flies off each others faces.

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b9AeZ TIL the phrase "happy hour" (before it became associated with drinking during Prohibition era) originates as U.S. Naval slang used to describe the entertainment period in which activities such as boxing and wrestling matches would occur on board.
R7Ava TIL the name Gretchen is not a common stand-alone given name in German-speaking countries but a colloquial diminutive of Grete - from Margarete. Gretchen as a given name is mainly prevalent in the United States
l7Wj1 TIL 16th century satirist Pietro Aretino made a living by blackmailing public figures who paid him off to avoid his public criticism. He once tried to extort a priceless work out of Michelangelo by telling him that his Last Judgment in the Cistine Chapel was more suited to decorate a brothel
rNKOe TIL Digesting Duck was an automaton unveiled by Jacques de Vaucanson on 30 May 1764. The duck was made to fake eating and digestion but Vaucanson wished for a real digesting machine. In 2002 Wim Delvoye revealed his "Cloaca Machine" which digested food; the excrement was sold to art collectors.
NXyJN TIL Susan Weaver, AKA Sigourney Weaver, began using the name "Sigourney" when she was 14 years old, taking it from a minor character in The Great Gatsby.