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TIL that Cows will stand along the Earth’s magnetic poles - facing either north or south whenever they’re grazing or resting regardless of wind or other factors. Nobody is sure why.

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gr00b TIL Paschal Beverly Randolph, considered the first to introduce erotic alchemy to North America, promoted sex magic to improve health, love, women’s empowerment, and intelligent offspring. He referred God as both male and female and also believed bodies ran on electric currents, moved by magnetism.
1aWeD TIL in response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus” for the Sega CD. In the game, you drive a bus going 45 MPH from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
VMPPG TIL the oldest documented club dedicated to football in the world was the Foot-Ball Club of Edinburgh (1824- 1841), and surving records describe a match involving 39 players and "such kicking of shins"
R7Qg1 TIL of the SWAT World Challenge, where SWAT teams and special forces compete in armed drills. Since 2007, the second place all time score belongs to the US Office of Secure Transportation, the agency for guarding America's nukes. But beating them is Ocean Country NJ's SWAT team.
NY7J TIL that according to a 15 year study, bras actually make breasts sag more than not wearing a bra