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TIL that cat meat is a traditional Christmas dish in parts of Switzerland. The Swiss government rejected a proposed law to protect dogs and cats from being eaten in 1993.

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GYM11 Today I learned David Klavins made a vertical grand piano standing 14 feet and 9 inches.
o1kY TIL Chinese companies have been caught making tofu out of sewage and marinating meat in goat urine.
a87o TIL - After Mao grabbed power in China there were so many suicides in Shanghai that people were afraid to walk near skyscrapers for fear that suicides might land on them.
9YM6m TIL: Vatican City has the highest crime rate in the world measured as crimers per capita
wL0nJ TIL during the American Revolutionary War the British offered freedom to any slave who fought for them under the badge 'Liberty to Slaves'. Despite the British defeat the promise was kept.