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TIL rawhide bones can be dangerous, even fatal for dogs

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1LP TIL that as recently as 2000 years ago Madagascar was home to gorilla-sized lemurs … humans encountered them and they quickly died out [middle of first paragraph]
jaap TIL that the first successful anal fistula surgery was performed on Louis XIV in 1686. Anal fistulas then became highly fashionable among his royal court, with people lining up to undergo the procedure whether they needed it or not, or placing bandages on their bums to pretend that they did.
EnJW TIL that if you arrest a Catholic bishop, you are automatically excommunicated.
R7jZ1 TIL that it is likely that life could only form on Exoplanet that are like our Earth and are orbiting stars like our Sun. And we almost have the technology to detect them.
VMXbm TIL that mid-level managers rather than those at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy, suffered the most from depression