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TIL Pigs have been shown to possess ‘astonishingly' good memories and highly developed learning skills

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Zm1R TIL in 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200th or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203th, accepted their challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.
R55y9 TIL of "mail jumping", a form of mail delivery in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, USA where mail carriers ride along the side of a boat, jump off on to the dock, deliver mail, pick up outgoing mail, and jump back on to the boat all while the boat continues to move.
AN9xl TIL many US universities have branded faculty positions. Examples include "Coca Cola distinguished professor of marketing" at University of Arizona and "Taco Bell distinguished professor of hotel and restaurant administration" at Washington State
DweJ TIL The ‘I’m feeling Lucky’ feature costs google 110 million dollars a year and only 1% of people use it
VMxdm TIL that the Elan "therapeutic" school, infamous for torturing its students who weren't allowed to contact the outside world, had a form of punishment where well behaved students would beat up poorly behaved ones. One student punished in this way was killed. The school covered it up for years.