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TIL 84% of American vegetarians return to eating meat

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BJKb TIL The first circus elephant in the United States (and possibly the first elephant brought to the US) was shot and killed by a religious fanatic who thought it was sinful for people to pay to see an animal.
9YXo6 TIL that in 1973, the USSR missed out on the 1974World Cup for refusing to play in a Chilean stadium that had been used to detain, torture, and execute political dissidents.
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