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TIL That the dried up white dog poop common before the '90s was due to dog food containing too much calcium and bone meal.

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XlaX TIL that pro wrestler Mick Foley (who fought in the WWE as Mankind) had his ear ripped off during a match, but didn’t stop the fight. Afterwards, given the choice of getting the ear reattached and fighting another event, he chose to fight in another event
G95J TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr., a Vietnam War helicopter pilot, saved 11 civilians during the My Lai massacre. He ordered his men to fire upon American soldiers if they tried to shoot civilians. While he was derided by Congress, 30 years later, he was awarded the “Soldier’s Medal” by the Army.
jJ8n TIL: Having a building in NYC designated as a “Landmark” puts so many restrictions on it that owners will knock their buildings down as soon as they hear the Landmark Commission is interested in it.
R5bp7 TIL that Louis IX of France, also known as Saint Louis, was viewed as “primus inter pares” (first among equals) among the kings and rulers of Europe as he commanded the largest army and ruled the largest and wealthiest kingdom, the centre of European art and intellectual thought at the time.
R7baQ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.