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TIL that goats prefer interacting with happy people. They can distinguish between human facial expressions and seek out positive interactions with those who appear happy.

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dDlQd TIL Auto Brewery Syndrome is a real condition in which carbohydrates are converted into alcohol and makes you permanently drunk
8yda TIL of Robert Smalls; an escaped slave who captured and sailed a Confederate ship to the Union with 8 enslaved families, including his. He was awarded today’s equivalent of $34,000 for commandeering the ship, won a seat in the House of Representatives, and purchased his former slavemaster’s house.
0wBM5 TIL the Russian WWII movie "Come and See" uses almost only live rounds. Bullets sometimes passed just above the heads of actors, making their terrified looks genuine.
WkE19 TIL Chadwick Boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University, but couldn't afford to go. He secured funding through a private benefactor, who turned out to be Denzel Washington. Over 20 yrs later Chadwick thanked him in person at the premiere of "Black Panther."
wa1M TIL John Wayne Gacy’s defense team tried to argue that all 33 of his victims died purely accidentally in erotic aspyhxia incidents… including the one non-strangulation victim who was repeatedly stabbed in the chest.