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TIL that cows form strong bonds and can become stressed when separated from their best friend 🥺

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WkVrB TIL that after Bruce Willis' stunt double was injured during the filming of Die Hard 4, Willis personally paid the hotel bills of the stuntman's family during his recovery and visited him in the hospital.
MeWnW TIL the Ancient Silk Road city of Merv, Turkmenistan had once held the title of the world's largest city during the 12th-13th century with a population of more than 500,000 and in 1221 was horrifically decimated in its entirety by the Mongols in one of the worst genocides in human history
5YwDn TIL Industry, California is a city in California with only 219 residents, but over 3,000 businesses and 67,000 workers.
8aZd8 TIL Creators of Thalidomide were high ranking nazis and there is a possibility it was tested on prisoners in concentration camp inmates
x6Prg TIL Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is considered by some to be the first computer programmer. She wrote notes on Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine" that included an algorithm for calculating a sequence of numbers. Lovelace envisioned the machine creating art and music.