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TIL around late September to early October, bull moose will dig a "rutting pit," into which they’ll urinate and then splash urine on their antlers—a scent that induces cows to ovulate.

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VMQwp TIL about Henry Lincoln Johnson, a member of the Harlem Hellfighters known as the Black Death. During an ambush in Argonne Forest in 1918, he injured or killed 24 German soldiers, without a working gun. He was the first American soldier to win a Croix du Guerre, France's highest award for bravery.
aww9M TIL that since the term Least Developed Country was introduced by the UN in 1971 only four countries have improved to Developing Countries (Botswana in 1994, Cabo Verde in 2007, Maldives in 2011 and Samoa in 2014)
EAZd TIL that to decide who would become the monarch of the Persian Empire (44% of world population), six nobles decided on a test. They were to gather outside the palace, mounted on their horses at sunrise, and the man whose horse neighed first in recognition of the rising sun would become king.
EgQxx TIL the Cincinnati Reds changed their name to "Redlegs" in 1953 due to fears the old name was associated with communism.
6ERM8 TIL The Glorious Revolution, was the November 1688 deposition and replacement of James II and VII as ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland by his daughter Mary II and his Dutch nephew and Mary's husband, William III of Orange. This was also when gin (jenever) was introduced in England.