TIL a Texas man walked his leashed African Watusi steer named Oliver into Petco in an attempt to call Petco's bluff on their "All leashed pets are welcome" policy. To his surprise, the Petco staff in the Humble, TX location welcomed Oliver who is trained to ride and rein like a horse.
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TIL when a woman accidentally dropped her $4000 engagement ring in the cup of a street beggar, he did not sell it and instead returned it to her. In return, the woman raised $190,000 for him.
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Man who returned ring no longer homeless: 'I feel human now'
Six months ago, 55-year-old Billy Ray Harris was homeless. He lived on a street corner in Kansas City, holding out a cup and asking passers-by for spare change. But then, one day, his life changed.In February, Sarah Darling passed Harris at his usual spot…
TIL Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995, resulting in regeneration of the entire ecosystem [Trophic cascade]. After the wolves were driven extinct regionally nearly 100 years ago, scientists began to fully understand their role in the food web as a keystone species.
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TIL A 3 year old genius girl was accepted into Mensa. The doctors who tested Alexis said she tested so high, they couldn’t even calculate her IQ score. They say she is smarter than 99.9% of the world. Alexis started reading at two and taught herself Spanish via her parents’ iPad
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3 year-old genius girl accepted into Mensa
3-year-old Arizona girl tops IQ test at 160
Three-year-old Alexis Martin is the youngest person in Arizona to join Mensa.
Mensa is the international club with one criterion – an IQ in the top two percent of the world.
The average person has an IQ of 100.…
Three-year-old Alexis Martin is the youngest person in Arizona to join Mensa.
Mensa is the international club with one criterion – an IQ in the top two percent of the world.
The average person has an IQ of 100.…
TIL: The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin in 1875 was when 5000 barrels of whiskey ignited and flowed into the streets. 13 people died that day, but not from burns or smoke inhalation. They died from alcohol poisoning after trying to drink it all.
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The 1875 Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin killed 13 people, all of which died from alcohol poisoning - Perry Ponders
In 1875 a fire broke out at on Chamber Street in Dublin. The fire ignited over 5000 barrels of whiskey which poured out into the streets.
TIL Duncan Keith from the Blackhawks strapped a girl who couldn't talk or walk to him and took her out on the ice to play.
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#WhatsYourGoal: Cammy
Cammy was born unable to walk or speak. Her goal was to score a goal with the help of her favorite player, Duncan Keith.
TIL after suffering a massive heart attack and thought to be on his death bed, an inmate in Nashville confessed to a decade-old murder as way to clear his conscious before he died. Instead, he made a full recovery. He was then indicted for murder, and later convicted
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Inmate James Washington Convicted After Death Bed Murder Confession
What a Nashville inmate thought was a deathbed confession to the brutal murder of a woman in case that went cold over 15 years ago has now led to a lifetime jail sentence after he survived the heart attack and was tried for the crime.
Today I learned the Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest and heaviest structure in the world, nearly doubling the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The structure looks like a natural hill and thus wasn't discovered for many millennia.
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Great Pyramid of Cholula
Coordinates: 19°03′27″N 98°18′07″W / 19.05750°N 98.30194°W / 19.05750; -98.30194
TIL of Rachel Hoffman a 23-year-old Florida student arrested for cannabis and then pressured by police to work undercover to avoid charges. She was murdered in a botched sting to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 oz. of cocaine, and two handguns.
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Murder of Rachel Hoffman
American murder victim
TIL a clown in a washtub pulled by four geese was to float down the River Bure on May 2nd, 1845. Hundreds of people gathered on a bridge to watch the spectacle. The bridge collapsed and 79 people (mostly children) died.
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Yarmouth suspension bridge
Yarmouth suspension bridge spanned the River Bure at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk from 1829 until its collapse in 1845. The bridge was widened in 1832, which had not been anticipated by the original design. On 2 May 1845 the bridge collapsed under load from…
TIL that in 1966, water was flown to Disneyland from seas around the world to pour into the "It's a Small World" ride as a way to signify union and peace in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - Disneyland Around the Seasons (1966)
From IMDB: Walt takes viewers on yet another tour of Disneyland to point out some of the newest additions to the park, including New Orleans Square, It's a S...
TIL Keanu took a $2 million pay cut for The Devil’s Advocate, so the studio would be able to afford to hire Al Pacino as the lead.
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Here's Some Proof That Keanu Reeves Is Basically The Nicest Human Being Ever
Keanu Reeves waited 20 minutes in the rain to get into his own wrap party - then returned someone's lost bank card. Here are five reasons he's the nicest guy in Hollywood
TIL: An additional 20 minutes commuting each day lowers job satisfaction equivalent to a 19% pay cut
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TIL that baby Cheetahs are given emotional support dogs to assist with anxiety, social awkwardness and to create healthy social habits
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Cheetahs Are So Shy That Zoos Give Them Their Own Emotional “Support Dogs”
While cheetahs might look like majestic and dangerous beasts, actually, they are very nervous beings. They get so anxious, they don't know how to socialize with each other and get too stressed to have sex. That's why they needed help as they're becoming extinct…
TIL in 1992 German politician Vera Lengsfeld divorced her second husband after finding out he had been an informant for the Stasi and had spied on her for most of their marriage.
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Vera Lengsfeld
German politician
TIL In 1883, gifts were distributed after a show in Victoria Hall. Many of the estimated 1100 children surged downstairs, but the door opened inward and had been bolted so only one could pass at a time. Those in front were crushed by those behind them. 183 children between the ages of 3 and 14 died.
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Victoria Hall disaster
The Victoria Hall disaster, in which 183 children died, occurred in Sunderland, England, on 16 June 1883 at the Victoria Hall, which was a large concert hall on Toward Road facing onto Mowbray Park.
TIL: Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators
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Whales ‘whisper’ to keep young safe near predators
Using suction cups, scientists attached microphones to Atlantic right whales to study their voice patterns.
TIL that in WWII, an Australian soldier removed his own appendix in the middle of a Philippine jungle in 1944, without any anaesthetic and with only the use of a mirror and an ordinary knife. The operation took 4 and a half hours and he stitched himself up with jungle fibre.
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GENERAL SAYS MC WINNER EARNED VC Surgical drama of Mindanao jungle - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 15 Jan 1948
BRISBANE, Wed: In the Mindanao jungle in 1944 a soldier, with the aid of a mirror, removed his own appendix without ether. Today, at Government House, he received the Military Cross and bar for a ...
TIL that pirates were considered "Hostis humani generis" (the enemy of all mankind) and it was the universal right and duty of all nations to capture any pirates they encountered and execute them if found guilty. Even in modern days piracy is considered a special crime of universal jurisdiction.
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Hostis humani generis
legal term for criminals beyond any legal protection
TIL that pre WWII socialite Peggy Guggenheim admitted to having slept with 1,000 men, and when asked how many husbands she has had, Peggy replied "You mean my own, or other people's?".
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Peggy Guggenheim
American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite
TIL A suspected rhino poacher who illegally entered a national park in South Africa was trampled to death by an elephant then eaten by a pride of lions. His accomplices told the man's family they moved his body to a road & left the park. Park rangers said lions left only the man's skull & trousers.
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