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TIL The donkey was chosen as the Democratic Party symbol when Andrew Jackson’s opponents called him a Jackass in 1832.

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GAM0Q TIL blowflies repeatedly "puke" a droplet of liquid out of their body and suck it back in to cool themselves via evaporation
D1NNY TIL an American man built a log cabin in Alaska and then just kept adding more and more floors until he reached 185-feet. At this point, he was forced to stop building as federal airspace starts at 200 feet. In the future, he still intends to squeeze in one more floor.
1gOO TIL that, except under exceptional circumstances, drug testing for employment is not allowed in Canada, because it does not respect the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Z8a7v TIL that out of the top 30 100m sprint times, only 9 were run by athletes not associated with doping, all 9 are by Usain Bolt.
5YX6r TIL Ancient Egypt already had physicians with specialities, like 'shepherd of the anus' or 'doctors of the tooth'