3 Comments TIL that yaks are the Swiss-army knives of domesticated animals. They can be milked like a cow, ridden like a horse (including for playing polo), sheared for wool (super warm and soft) like sheep, eaten like a pig, pull carts like an ox, carry stuff like a donkey and their dung burns like wood by whatilearned June 28, 2022, 3:42 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that sheep didn’t always need to be sheared and naturally shed their coarse winter coats. People bred sheep to produce excess wool and domesticated sheep if left alone can overheat and die. by whatilearned February 9, 2022, 5:57 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that NFL QB Drew Bledsoe sheared a blood vessel from a hit. He most likely would have died but a team doctor caught it before he went home. The case is now taught to med students as a reason to not “jump to conclusions”. Bledsoe was replaced by a young QB named Tom Brady, his first game. by whatilearned September 30, 2021, 5:49 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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