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TIL Mike Rowe (host of Dirty Jobs) was a professional opera singer

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W7X19 TIL that King Henry VIII disliked ponies. In the Breed of Horses Act of 1540, he ordered that any stallions shorter than 15 hands high, mares shorter than 13 hands high, and 2-year-old colts under 11.2 hands high were to be killed. Private owners were also forced to kill all of their shorter ponies.
PoNE TIL that there is a mushroom that is only found in two specific locations: Texas and Japan, 6800 miles/11000km apart.
kBGg TIL In 1988 a Finnish artist made a video in which he killed a cat with an axe and then masturbated over the carcass. This award-winning artisan is now a professor of arts in Helsinki
ZpAwR TIL British golfer Matt Fitzpatrick has charted every single golf shot he has hit since he was 15 years old.
b5JN TIL during the evacuation at Dunkirk, The last of the British Army left on 3 June, However, Churchill insisted on coming back for the French, so the Royal Navy returned on 4 June in an attempt to rescue as many as possible of the French rearguard.