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TIL That Certain Dog Treats Are Made From Bull Penis

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l7NV7 TIL: Nearly 7% of American newspaper employees now work at the NYTimes
kO8we TIL in the 1990s, the Galapagos Conservancy launched Project Isabela, an all out war against 250,000 goats in the Galapagos Islands to save the dwindling population of Galapagos tortoises, and involved snipers picking goats off from helicopters. It ended up restoring the population of the tortoises.
e0PlE TIL there is a whale whose speech impediment prevents it from communicating with other whales, which got him dubbed "the world's lonliest whale".
PY6aZ TIL in 1984 javelin thrower Uwe Hohn threw a distance of 104.8m and became the first and only athlete in history to break the 100m barrier. Shortly afterwards some changes in the design of javelins were implemented and the records had to be restarted, turning his mark into an "eternal world record".
n97P TIL that the first time someone attempted to publish the secrets of the Freemasons, he was kidnapped and murdered.