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TIL That PETA has killed over 34,000 animals. Most of which were healthy babies. Many were surrendered to PETA for it’s advertised adoption services which it never provided.

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Lv1r TIL Police in the UK have shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years. In the US, this figure is 1600.
O9nX TIL singer Edwyn Collins suffered a cerebral hemorrhage which left him able to say only four things: “yes,” “no,” “Grace Maxwell” and “the possibilities are endless”
epZA4 TIL That Marie 'Madame' Tussaud owes part of her fame to the French Revolution. Originally slated for execution due to her connection with French nobility she was spared and subsequently began making wax casts of some of the revolution's more famous victims including Louis XVI and Marie Antoniette.
jLvj TIL Three Japanese sailors in 1832 were caught in a storm, stranded at sea for 14 months and shipwrecked on current day Cape Flattery. Making them the first Japanese people in the Pacific Northwest.
5jmk TIL of Mike, the lowest ranking member of a chimp group that became the alpha male of the community overnight. He stole empty kerosene can from the researchers camp, and banged them to scare the other chimps