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TIL that sheep are naturally born with long tails

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7757 TIL The Texas Dept. of Transporttion (TxDOT) buys and sows about 30,000 pounds of wildflower seed (including Bluebonnet) each year. The peak wildflower blooming season draws tourists from all across the nation to see the colorful blooms each spring.
Brp4b TIL - When researchers from the University of Washington trapped and banded crows for an experiment, they wore caveman masks to hide their their identities. They could walk freely in the area without masks, but if they donned the masks again, the crows remembered them as evil and dive-bombed them.
v11Er TIL Dr. Ruth, the famous sex therapist, was a trained sniper with the Israeli Defence Force.
mxLMp TIL that the state with the largest number of black townships after the Civil War was Oklahoma, with more than 50 townships in the state. Some are still in existence today.
vPEJ4 TIL the sauna became very popular especially in Scandinavia and the German-speaking regions of Europe after WW2. Saunas were so important to Finnish soldiers that they built them not only in mobile tents but even in bunkers.