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TIL happy cows actually do produce better milk. Higher levels of serotonin (a chemical associated with feelings of happiness), led to improved blood calcium in cows, reducing chance of disease and improving nutritional quality of the milk.

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vdjB TIL in 1991 GMC made a stock pick-up truck that was basically as fast as a Lamborghini Diablo
a8vJb TIL The legend of vampires who bite their victims and suck their blood may have developed from men infected with rabies in the 1700s.
P4JE TIL that in 2005, women from one of the poorest slums in Uganda spent two weeks breaking rocks to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The women, most of whom were displaced by civil war and who earned less than a dollar a day, contributed over $1,000 to the Katrina relief effort.
pVXQ TIL Trevor Noah is a polygot, speaking English, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Tsonga, Afrikaans and some German and Spanish.
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