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TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s birth name is Yuri Irsenovich

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nOVY TIL four identical clones of Dolly the sheep (Daisy, Debbie, Dianna, and Denise) are still alive and healthy at nine years old
PP0n TIL the actress that plays “Flo” for the Progressive commercials makes half a million a year
ne9br TIL an estimated one in four cowboys in the 1870s and 1880s were black.
PYLDE TIL elephants can tell the difference between human ethnicities, ages, and sexes by sound alone, even when the voices are digitally distorted.
vd08 TIL we call the animal a cow because the herdsmen were English, but the meat beef because chefs were often French and beef is similar to the old French word for a cow. The same is true for pig/pork, and sheep/mutton.