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TIL that there's an event in Louisiana where they have convicts sit in the middle of an arena playing poker while an angry bull charges at them

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VKWB TIL that a metal-detector enthusiast found an earthenware pot containing 52,500 3rd century Roman coins.
KOvlG TIL the big-headed turtle of SE Asia has a skull of solid bone that is so large in proportion to its body that it cannot be withdrawn into its shell for protection. It has legs covered with large scales and a tail that is very long and muscular, the longest tail relative to body size of any turtle.
awmnJ TIL about a church located on what was formerly highway 666 in Ontario that asked the Ministry of Transportation to change the highway number so as not to be located on the 'Highway to Hell'.
rRwod TIL about Percy Julian an African American Scientist who pioneered the drug industry. After he developed the chemical synthesis of hormones like progesterone and testosterone, he became the first African American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
OoPp1 TIL that dodo birds "could run quite fast" and were "agile and manoeuvrable." The popular image of obese, clumsy dodos probably comes from being overfed in captivity.