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TIL that the German word for “jack of all trades” (Eierlegende-wollmilchsau) literally means egg-laying-wool-milk-pig thereby describing the perfect animal that provides wool, milk and, finally, bacon.

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R7KPa TIL professional clowns who want to patent their look can paint their likeness on an egg and have them stored in the Clown Gallery in East London. This egg registry acts as an informal copyright that protects a clown from having their look stolen by a copycat.
8aDPb TIL that a diet that's consistently high in fat and / or sugar reduces cognitive ability.
loDQB TIL humans share 90% of our DNA with domestic cats
P1ZlL TIL that in 2008, a gamma ray burst was observed from 7.5 billion light years away. It was visible with the naked eye for about 30 seconds, and if viewed from the same distance as the sun it would be 21 quadrillion times brighter.
kp0d TIL that a colony of mammoths survived the demise of the rest of their species by 6000 years on an isolated Siberian island.