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TIL that a Mythbusters experiment once resulted in a cannibalized mouse

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LQJrZ TIL a Swedish milk vendor named Pilt Carin Ersdotter was arrested in Stockholm in the 1830s for a traffic violation for having "blocked the street with her beauty". Her appearance attracted so much attention that aristocrats paid to “display” her at their homes.
8aMaL TIL that despite being one of the most visited sites at one point, Homestar Runner has never showed ads, instead relying on merchandise sales to make money
yQnbl TIL In 2013, Toronto surpassed Chicago as the fourth largest city in North America. Except for a brief rise in the 1990s, Chicago’s population has been steadily shrinking since the 1950s, when it was the nation’s second largest city
9wgAM TIL the United States is the only UN member to have not ratified the Convention on Rights of the Child
YpvZG TIL of Wolf Cave aka Susiluola, a cave in Finland claiming to have evidence of Neanderthals pre Ice Age. The only known evidence in Nordic countries.