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TIL In 2012 PETA Euthanized 89% of the animals they “rescued”

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J1Kbm TIL that Ramones singer Joey Ramone was born with a parasitic twin attached to his back.
ljmG TIL in 1909 a 15 year-old boy was accidentally stabbed to death in the insurance office where he worked, trying to evade the birthday kisses of all the office women.
wL6gJ TIL that South America was once inhabited by giant sloths (Megatherium). It weighed up to 4 tonnes (similar to a present day elephant) and on its hind legs it would have stood 3.5m (12ft), which make it the largest bipedal mammal of all time. It lived from ca 400'000 ago until ca 8'000 ago.
4kRrN TIL in 2005 a British Airways 747 (G-BNLG) had an engine flame out and attempted to fly from LAX back to the London Heathrow on 3 engines, it ended up diverting to Manchester Uk instead
Y78ov TIL that the city of Montreal is on an island