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TIL Valium was given to whales at SeaWorld to keep them calm, documents that a veterinarian at SeaWorld gave diazepam (Valium) to at least three orcas in 2006 in order to control their behavior.

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VMyom TIL about Superfecundation and Superfetation. Rare but possible in humans, in Superfecundation the mother produces several eggs at the same time, they are fertilized by different fathers, and she has twins. Superfetation is when a woman ovulates while pregnant and has two pregnancies at once.
GA9BN TIL roses are edible (and actually quite nutritious)
KOrpB TIL That Chicago passed an Ugly Law that prevented anyone who was disabled, deformed, or an unsightly or disgusting object from exposing themselves to public view. Beggars were fined from $1.00 up to $50.00, or shipped to the poorhouse. This law was active in Chicago until 1974.
XYR6 TIL that in the classic “pot calling the kettle black” expression, the kettle may not be black at all. The pot is seeing its own reflection in the kettle’s shiny surface.
9wQV7 TIL the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894 refers to a supposed newspaper article that said because of horses, in "50 years, every street in London will be buried under nine feet of manure." It's an analogy for how new technologies (in this case cars) can take care of problems that seemed unsolvable.