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TIL that the scientific name for the Plains Bison is literally "Bison Bison Bison"

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LwRv TIL “Judas” goats helped eradicate invasive goats in the Galápagos Islands. These goats are sterilized, GPS tracked, and given hormones to attract other goats so that armed hunters could kill all the goats from a helicopter, but leave the Judas goats alive so they could be used to find more goats.
XE6r8 TIL an angry caller left Mike Judge a voicemail during Beavis and Butt-Head‘s original run, ranting how much he hated his show it in an incomprehensible accent. Judge found the caller hilarious and used him as inspiration for Jeff Boomhauer and his distinctive speech patterns in King of the Hill.
NLMM TIL that ‘you are my sunshine, my only sunshine’ song is actually pretty dark
kOmPB TIL That one of the honey badgers defence is to go for the groin area. Basically ripping its preys testicles off until they bleed to death.
xVOk0 TIL of the Ceremony of the Keys which is carried out every night at exactly 9:53 pm at the Tower of London and is believed to be the oldest military ceremony in the world. Originating in the Middle Ages it has never once been cancelled though it was delayed once during WWII due to enemy action.