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TIL that it's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland. It's considered animal abuse because they're social beings and get lonely.

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PNWO TIL that the Z in Dragon Ball Z was chosen because Z is the last letter of the alphabet and Akira Toriyama wanted to finish the series because he was running out of ideas
AXOa TIL The Pillars of Creation, a nebula 7,000 light years away, was destroyed by supernova 6,000 years ago. In a thousand years we will see it destroyed as it takes 7,000 years for the light to reach Earth.
grEnD TIL about The Linked Headstones of Het Oude Kerkhof. A husband and wife who could not be buried next to one another because he was Protestant and she was Catholic find a way to be symbolically with each other through a linked hands on their headstones.
WkoP4 TIL that Stalin's Granddaughter works as an antique dealer in Portland, has tried her hand at stand-up comedy, and is involved in the local EDM scene.
Z8vna TIL that the dog in the “This is fine” meme meets a rather gruesome end in the comic strip