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TIL that goldfish have a longer attention span than the average human

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R57R9 TIL amphetamine abuse originally became prolific due to its use as a decongestive inhalant in the 1930’s
gr6Ry TIL that most of the 100,000 French soldiers evacuated at Dunkirk were quickly sent back to France. About half of them ended up redeployed against the Germans before the French surrender, and many were subsequently killed or captured.
yQ64X TIL that a special vending machine was created to see whether crows are smart enough to use it. They are.
7VXp TIL Karla Homolka tortured and raped three children with her husband, and likely killed them, but was only convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years… Despite there being videos of her committing the rape and torture. She was released in 2005 and now has three children.
VBYRD TIL There is a sushi chef in Tokyo that makes individual pieces of sushi with a single grain of rice