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TIL farmers in Botswana have started painting eyes on their cow's bottoms to stop lions from attacking them.

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M7y0b TIL, like the "dearly departed," ancient Egyptians referred to their dead as "Westeners." The west bank of the Nile was considered the land of the dead most likely because the sun sets in west with the living on the east. Osiris, the God of the dead, is called Lord of the West.
VMbPk TIL Wes Anderson wasn't present during the whole shoot of Fantastic Mr. Fox - instead he had a live camera feed from up to 30 different animation units.
eWAg TIL the long extinct Dodo derives its name from Dutch exlporers, which loosely translates to ‘Fat Ass’.
R7xRa TIL Hot Pockets blamed a lack of sales in 2013 to a lack of extended food stamp benefits
kE05 TIL that hitting objects with your penis (flacid, half erect) in The Netherlands has it’s own word. Swaffelen. (Swaffeling)